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Comocritis pieria

Wikipedia Abstract

Comocritis pieria is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka and India (Assam). The wingspan is 14-19 mm. The forewings are white with a moderate very undefined basal fascia of blue-grey suffusion. There is a large yellow-ochreous patch occupying the posterior three-fourths of the wing except a white marginal streak, edged with blue-grey and finely streaked with blue-grey on all the veins. The hindwings are light grey.
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Prey / Diet

Camellia sinensis (tea)[1]
Hevea brasiliensis (rubber tree)[1]
Nephelium lappaceum (rambutan)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0