Calesia dasyptera
| Calesia dasyptera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Calesia |
| Species: | C. dasypterus |
| Binomial name | |
| Calesia dasypterus (Kollar, 1844) | |
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Calesia dasypterus is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Asia, including Taiwan,[1] India and Sri Lanka.
Description
Wingspan of male is about 50mm and 40mm in female. Fore wings with a very large tuft of hair beyond the cell below costa in male, and the costal nervules curved. Fore wings with veins 8 to 10 stalked in both sexes. Male has greyish red-brown base color. Head, collar and abdomen crimson. Coxa of fore legs and tibia of fore and mid legs are crimson. Female has a white spot at end of cell of fore wings.[2]
References
- ↑ TaiBNET
- ↑ 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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