Chloroclystis comorana is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It was first described by the French entomologist Claude Herbulot in 1978. The species is endemic to the Comoros, an archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Geometridae
- Genus: Chloroclystis
- Species: C. comorana
- Binomial name: Chloroclystis comorana Herbulot, 1978
The genus Chloroclystis (established by Jacob Hübner in 1825) comprises a large number of moth species, many of which are found in the Indo-Australian and Afrotropical regions. The specific epithet comorana refers to the Comoros Islands, the species' known geographic range.
Distribution
As the name suggests, Chloroclystis comorana is recorded only from the Comoros archipelago. No subspecies are currently recognized.
