Callocasta

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

Callocasta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Swinhoe in 1894. Its only species, Callocasta similis, described by Moore in 1888, is found in Darjeeling, India.[1][2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Callocasta Swinhoe, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
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.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "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.