Comostola laesaria (Walker, 1861)

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Permalink:	COMOLAES
Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Comostolini (tribe)/  Comostola (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1861)
Citation:	Iodis [sic] laesaria
Original genus:	Jodis
Publication:	Walker F. 1861a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXII.– Geometrites (continued).
Journal:	—
Volume:	22
Issue:
Pagination:	544
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39713410

Taxonomic note:

Probably a misidentification of Comostolopis sladeni Prout, 1915 (see Gerlach & Matyot 2006: 65).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Comostola laesaria (Walker, 1861)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Sri Lanka	[Sri Lanka], Ceylon, leg. R. Templeton.

Distribution note:

Australasia: Australia; Oriental: Sri Lanka.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Comostola laesaria (Walker, 1861)	Seychelles	Mahé	Fryer J. C. F. 1912. The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina. page 16
Comostola laesaria (Walker, 1861)	Seychelles	Silhouette	Fryer J. C. F. 1912. The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina. page 16

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Comostola perlepidaria (Walker, 1866)	(Walker, 1866)	species	Synonym	Eucrostes perlepidaria