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Comostola chlorargyra is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] the Indian subregion, the Andaman Islands, Borneo, Java, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Australia.[3]

Comostola chlorargyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Comostola
Species:	C. chlorargyra
Binomial name
Comostola chlorargyra (Walker, 1861)
Synonyms
Comibaena chlorargyra Walker, 1886 Leucodesmia confusa Warren, 1905 Comostola hyptiostega Prout, 1935

Its wingspan is about 20 mm. It is generally a green moth with irregular white beaded wing margins outlined in brown.[4] The caterpillar is known to feed on Cerbera species,[5] such as Cerbera manghas.[6]

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