Image
Life stage
Email (of contributor)
scopsowl@gmail.com
Notes (optional)
Comibaena fuscidorsata. Already on website
SS: Comibaena quadrinotata Butler, 1889; not Comibaena fuscidorsata. Not the pointed upper end of the tornal spot on FW.
Comibaena quadrinotata Butler, 1889; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 7: 105, pl. 136, f. 7. TL: Dharmsala. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft07brituoft/page/105/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft07brituoft/page/n164/mode/1up?view=theater
Diagnosis (Han et al 2012) for Comibaena quadrinotata: The wings are green, tinged with blue. The white postmedial line on the forewing is faint and forms a blunt protrusion near M1. The hindwing lacks postmedial and submarginal lines. The forewing tornal patch is brown, with the upper margin pointed and extending beyond CuA2 in the type. The hindwing apical patch is brown, not reaching M1.
Han et al 2012. The Comibaenini of China (Geometridae: Geometrinae), with a review of the tribe. Pg. 728, Fig. 1 for quadrinotata.
Moths of Laos, Pl. 14/8 for quadrinotata.
Uploading another image from Arunachal for this species.
JD : agree with ID.
SS: Comibaena quadrinotata Butler, 1889; not Comibaena fuscidorsata. Not the pointed upper end of the tornal spot on FW.
Comibaena quadrinotata Butler, 1889; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 7: 105, pl. 136, f. 7. TL: Dharmsala. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft07brituoft/page/105/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft07brituoft/page/n164/mode/1up?view=theater
Diagnosis (Han et al 2012) for Comibaena quadrinotata: The wings are green, tinged with blue. The white postmedial line on the forewing is faint and forms a blunt protrusion near M1. The hindwing lacks postmedial and submarginal lines. The forewing tornal patch is brown, with the upper margin pointed and extending beyond CuA2 in the type. The hindwing apical patch is brown, not reaching M1.
Han et al 2012. The Comibaenini of China (Geometridae: Geometrinae), with a review of the tribe. Pg. 728, Fig. 1 for quadrinotata.
Moths of Laos, Pl. 14/8 for quadrinotata.
Uploading another image from Arunachal for this species.
JD : agree with ID.
Name for copyright (do not include copyright symbol)
Geetha Iyer
Location (type location name here, or create a new location below under "Choose on the map")
HighLighted Contributions
No
Species Node
Overwrite img
Organism
Butterfly
Moth Taxon search:
Month
May
Year
2022
Day
22
Choose copyright license
Copyrighted (all rights reserved)