Calyptra eustrigata

Calyptra eustrigata is a moth of the family Erebidae, found in Sri Lanka[3] and Malaysia. It has been reported as exhibiting parasitic blood-sucking behavior.[4]

Calyptra eustrigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Calyptra
Species:
C. eustrigata
Binomial name
Calyptra eustrigata
(Hampson, 1926)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Calpe eustrigata Hampson, 1926

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Calyptra eustrigata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku Savela. "Calyptra eustrigata". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  3. Zaspel, J.M.; Branham, M.A. (September 26, 2008). "World Checklist of Tribe Calpini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae)" (PDF). Insecta Mundi: A Journal of World Insect Systematics. 0047 (1–15): 2. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  4. Bänziger, H (1975). "Skin-piercing blood-sucking moths I: Ecological and ethological studies on Calpe eustrigata (Lepid., noctuidae)". Acta Tropica. 32 (2): 125–44. PMID 240258.


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