Comostola
meritaria Walker
Geometra meritaria Walker,
1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus., 22: 522.
Diagnosis.
The size is intermediate between that of laesaria and orestias.
The postmedials are more irregular in size as in laesaria, but the
white component predominates, rather than the red.
Geographical
range. Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Sumatra,
Borneo, Sulawesi.
Habitat
preference. The three specimens taken in
recent surveys are from 300m, 500m and 900m in forest, the last being lower
montane forest on limestone.
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