Calesia dasyptera

Calesia dasyptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Calesia
Species: C. dasypterus
Binomial name
Calesia dasypterus
(Kollar, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Erebus dasypterus Kollar, 1844
  • Calesia comosa Guenee, 1852
  • Erebus leucostigma Kollar, 1844
  • Calesia stigmoleuca Guenee, 1852

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

  1. ↑ TaiBNET
  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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