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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Calletaera |
| Species: | C. postvittata
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| Calletaera postvittata (Walker, 1861)
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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 Memecylon species.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Species Details: Luxiaria postvittata Walker, 1861". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "臺灣物種名錄編號 Calletaera postvittata". Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Calletaera postvittata Walker comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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