Callopistria maillardi

Callopistria maillardi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Callopistria
Species:	C. maillardi
Binomial name
Callopistria maillardi Guenée, 1862
Synonyms
Callopistria nauticorum Tams, 1935 Eriopus recurvata Moore, 1882 Callopistria pseudintermissa Viette, 1965

Callopistria maillardi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species can be found throughout central, eastern and southern Africa, including the islands of the Indian Ocean, Yemen, Chagos islands, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, southern China,[1] in Hawaii, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Society Islands, Sulawesi, as well as Queensland in Australia.

Description

Its wingspan is about 40 mm. Antennae of male with three spatulate hairs on the curved portion. Legs very densely clothed with long hair. Head and thorax clothed with dark ferrugineous and white hair. Abdomen paler with ferrous colored dorsal tufts. Forewings more varied with reddish. The veins and lines reddish. Antemedial line more angulated. There is a medial crenulate black line. Ventral side of hindwings with more crenulated postmedial line.[2][3]

Ecology

The larvae feed on Adiantum, Lygodium, Pellaea, Nephrolepis biserrata, and Asplenium nidus.[4]

References

1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. "Callopistria maillardi Guenee (Plate 5, Figs. 282, 287)". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
4. "Callopistria maillardi, (Guenée, 1862)". African Moths. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

External links

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