Lepidoptera > Geometroidea > Geometridae > Geometrinae > Hemitheini > Comostola
Comostola turgescens (Prout, 1917)
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Comostola turgescens
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
In this species the forewing red margin slightly expands at and/or just before the tornus, unlike the very similiar C. pyrrhogona. Examples of C. pyrrhogona http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1087158, http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=123824
Comostola caerulea Warren, 1893. Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Comostola cedilla Prout, 1917. Andaman Is.
Comostola chlorargyra (Walker, 1861). India sub-region.
Comostola dispansa (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka.
Comostola dyakaria (Walker, 1861). Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Comostola hauensteini Smetacek, 2004. Uttarakhand (TL: Bhimtal), Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Comostola hypotyphla Prout, 1917. Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Comostola inops Prout, 1912. 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 leucosticta Yazaki, 1993. India: Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal (TL).
Comostola maculata (Moore, 1868). West Bengal.
Comostola meritaria (Walker, 1861). India; Sri Lanka (TL).
Comostola multimaculata (Pajni & Walia, 1984). Himachal Pradesh, Nauni.
Comostola mundata Warren, 1896. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Comostola ovifera (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim; Tibet.
Comostola pyrrhogona (Walker, 1866). South India.
Comostola quantula (Swinhoe, 1886), Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Comostola subtiliaria (Bremer, 1864). Himalayas.
Comostola subtiliaria demeritaria Prout, 1917. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Comostola turgescens (Prout, 1917). Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh.
Comostola virago Prout, 1926. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
References:
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_48_10.php [accessed 5 July 2016]- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=535195 [accessed 5 July 2016]
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Comostola turgescens (Prout, 1917). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355699/Comostola-turgescens
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