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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.

Calletaera postvittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Calletaera
Species:	C. postvittata
Binomial name
Calletaera postvittata (Walker, 1861)
Synonyms
Luxiaria postvittata Walker, 1861 Acidalia postvittata Walker, 1861 Macaria honoraria Walker, 1861 Macaria permotaria Walker, 1861

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]

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