Taxonomic Information
Comostola Meyrick, 1888 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Comostola caerulea Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Comostola cedilla Prout, 1917. India: Andaman Is.
Comostola chlorargyra (Walker, 1861). India sub-region.
Comostola dispansa (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka.
Comostola dyakaria (Walker, 1861). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Comostola hauensteini Smetacek, 2004. India: Uttarakhand (TL: Bhimtal), Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Comostola hypotyphla Prout, 1917. India: Himachal Pradesh (Dalhousie).
Comostola inops Prout, 1912. India: Kashmir: Lidda Valley, Lidderwat, 6700ft, Arunachal Pradesh.
Comostola laesaria (Walker, 1861). India; Sri Lanka (TL).
Comostola leucosticta Yazaki, 1993. India: Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal (TL).
Comostola maculata (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal.
Comostola meritaria (Walker, 1861). India; Sri Lanka (TL).
Comostola multimaculata (Pajni & Walia, 1984). India: Himachal Pradesh (Nauni).
Comostola mundata Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Comostola ovifera (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim; Tibet.
Comostola pyrrhogona (Walker, 1866). South India.
Comostola quantula (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai).
Comostola subtiliaria (Bremer, 1864). Himalayas.
Comostola subtiliaria demeritaria Prout, 1917. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Comostola turgescens (Prout, 1917). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Comostola virago Prout, 1926. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similiar species:
Comostola cedilla, Comostola enodata; extralimital species, best separated by male genitalia.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Comibaena chlorargyra Walker, 1886. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 22: 577.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1920-34. The Indo-Australian Geometridae. The Macro Lepidoptera of the World, Vol. 12. Pg. 131, Pl. 14 K.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_48_7.php [accessed 02 December 2019]
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/07_Geometrinae/47_Comostola/Comostola%20chlrargyra/Comostola%20chlrargyra.htm [accessed 02 December 2019]
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geom/chlorargyra.html [accessed 02 December 2019]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Comostola chlorargyra (Walker, 1861) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/comostola-chlorargyra, accessed 2025/11/10.