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Genus of moths

Callocasta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Callocasta
C. Swinhoe, 1894
Species: C. similis
Binomial name
Callocasta similis
(Moore, 1888)

Callocasta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Charles Swinhoe in 1894. Its only species, Callocasta similis, described by Frederic Moore in 1888, is found in Darjeeling, India.

References

  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Callocasta Swinhoe, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Callocasta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Callocasta


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