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Comostola laesaria
Mounted specimen
Living specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Comostola
Species:	C. laesaria
Binomial name
Comostola laesaria (Walker, 1861)
Synonyms
Iodis laesaria Walker, 1861 Eucrostis perlepidaria Walker, 1866

Comostola laesaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, Sundaland, northern Australia, Singapore, and the Bismarck Archipelago.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

Larvae feed on the flowers of various plants, including Buchanania, Mangifera, Terminalia carolinensis, Melastomataceae, Melaleuca and Dimocarpus species. They are pale green or brown.

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Comostola laesaria (Walker, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (13 November 2016). "Comostola laesaria (Walker, 1861)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

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