Calesia dasyptera

Calesia dasyptera is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found in Asia, including Taiwan, India and Sri Lanka.

Calesia dasyptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Calesia
Species:
C. dasyptera
Binomial name
Calesia dasyptera
(Kollar, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Erebus dasypterus Kollar, 1844
  • Calesia comosa Guenée, 1852
  • Erebus leucostigma Kollar, 1844
  • Calesia stigmoleuca Guenée, 1852
  • Calesia dasypterus (Kollar, 1844)[1]

Description

The wingspan of the male is about 50 mm and 40 mm in the female. Forewings with a very large tuft of hair beyond the cell below costa in male, and the costal nervules curved. Forewings with veins 8 to 10 stalked in both sexes. Male has greyish red-brown base color. Head, collar and abdomen crimson. Coxa of forelegs and tibia of forelegs and midlegs are crimson. Female has a white spot at end of cell of forewings.[2]

References
  1. "Calesia dasypterus (Kollar, 1844)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. pp. 580–581 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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