Calyptra ophideroides

Calyptra ophideroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Calyptra
Species: C. ophideroides
Binomial name
Calyptra ophideroides
(Guenée, 1852)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Calpe ophideroides (Guenée, 1852)

Calyptra ophideroides is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in East Indies.[3] It has been known to feed on humans, as well as a variety of other mammals.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Natural History Museum". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?UserID=&UserName=&TaxonNo=283167.0&SCIENTIFIC_NAME_on_card=ophideroides&&. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  2. ^ Savela, Markku Savela. "Calyptra ophideroides". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/calyptra/index.html. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  3. ^ Zaspel, J.M.; Branham, M.A. (September 26, 2008). "World Checklist of Tribe Calpini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae)". Insecta Mundi: A Journal of World Insect Systematics 0047 (1-15): 2. http://www.fsca-dpi.org/insectamundi2008/0047ZaspelandBranham.pdf. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  4. ^ Mullen, Gary; Mullen, Gary Richard & Durden, Lance (2002). "Wound Feeding and Skin Piercing Moths". Medical and veterinary entomology. Academic Press. pp. 377. http://books.google.com/books?id=u4RGXGkRq5YC&pg=PA377&dq=%22Calyptra+ophideroides%22&hl=en&ei=scx6TOqzHIP-8Aapgd2FBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Calyptra%20ophideroides%22&f=false. Retrieved 29 August 2010.