Callopistria

Callopistria
Callopistria maillardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Callopistria
Hübner, [1821][1]
Synonyms
  • Lagopus Reichenbach, 1817
  • Eriopus Treitschke, 1825
  • Mosara Walker, 1855
  • Agraga Walker, 1858
  • Agabra Walker, 1862
  • Obana Walker, 1862
  • Eulepa Walker, [1863]
  • Cotanda Moore, 1881
  • Methorasa Moore, 1881
  • Herrichia Grote, 1882
  • Euherrichia Grote, 1882
  • Dissolophus Butler, 1891
  • Gnamptocera Butler, 1891
  • Haploolophus Butler, 1891
  • Hemipachycera Butler, 1891
  • Hyperdasys Butler, 1891
  • Rhoptrotrichia Butler, 1891
  • Platydasys Butler, 1892
  • Miropalpa Berio, 1955

Callopistria is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Callopistria larva feeding on Adiantum capillus-veneris

Description

Eyes naked and without lashes. Proboscis well developed. Palpi short, upturned, obliquely porrect, roughly scaled and reaching above vertex of head. Antennae bipectinated. Thorax hairy, without tufts. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on the proximal segments. Male with large lateral and anal tufts. Tibia spineless and storngely tufted. Fore wings short and broad with non-crenulate cilia. Apex rounded, inner margin lobed near base and with a slight tooth of scales at outer angle. Hind wings of male with a ridge and fold on underside running from center of costa to lower angle of cell and then to center of outer margin.[2]

Species

References

  1. Callopistria at funet
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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