Calesia

Calesia
Calesia dasypterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Calesia
Guenee 1852
Synonyms
  • Asymbata Gerstaecker, 1871
  • Caradana Moore, 1884
  • Lecasia Fawcett, 1916
  • Mecyra Walker, 1865
  • Pasipeda Walker, 1858
  • Zirona Walker, 1869

Calesia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae ciliated and with bristles to the joints in male. Thorax, abdomen and legs smoothly scaled. Hind wings with very short cell. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.[1]

Species

References

  1. 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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