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Comostola meritaria Walker 
   
Geometra meritaria Walker, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus., 22: 522.


Comostola meritaria


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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