Callopistria

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Callopistria
Callopistria rivularis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Eriopinae
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 family Noctuidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.

Callopistria larva feeding on Adiantum sp.

Description

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Their eyes are naked and without lashes. Its proboscis is well developed. The palpi are short, upturned, obliquely porrect (extending forward), roughly scaled and reaching above vertex of head. Antennae bipectinated (comb like on both sides). Thorax hairy, without tufts. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on the proximal segments. Male with large lateral and anal tufts. Tibia spineless and strongly tufted. Forewings short and broad with non-crenulate (non-scalloped) cilia. Apex rounded, inner margin lobed near base and with a slight tooth of scales at outer angle. Hindwings of male with a ridge and fold on underside running from center of costa to lower angle of cell and then to centre of outer margin.[2]

Species

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References

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