Calletaera postvittata

Calletaera postvittata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861.[1] It is found in the Indian sub-region, Sri Lanka,[2] Taiwan,[3] and Sundaland.

Calletaera postvittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Calletaera
Species:
C. postvittata
Binomial name
Calletaera postvittata
(Walker, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Luxiaria postvittata Walker, 1861
  • Acidalia postvittata Walker, 1861
  • Macaria honoraria Walker, 1861
  • Macaria permotaria Walker, 1861

Its ground color is pale brown. Hindwing postmedial is distinctly dark brown and broadening gradually towards the dorsum. The caterpillar has a pale grass-greenish body with broken whitish lines bordered with pinkish-brown bands. Head dirty yellow white in color with pinkish-brown spots. Pupation occurs in a light cocoon made by particles of substrate in a crevice or on the ground. [4] Host plants of the caterpillar are Memecylon edule and other Memcylon species.[5]

References
  1. "Species Details: Luxiaria postvittata Walker, 1861". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. "臺灣物種名錄編號 Calletaera postvittata". Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  4. "Calletaera postvittata Walker comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  5. "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2018.


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