Biology:Callopistria delicata

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Short description: Species of moth

Callopistria delicata
Callopistria deflexusa1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Callopistria
Species:
C. delicata
Binomial name
Callopistria delicata
Chang, 1991[1]

Callopistria delicata is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae, subfamily Eriopinae. It was first described as a new species by Mr. Bao-Shing Chang in 1991.[2] The type locality is Henglong, Miaoli, and the holotype and paratype specimens are currently depositedin the National Museum of Natural Science, Taichuang, Taiwan.

The closely related species of Callopistria delicata are currently known as Callopistria albolineola (Graeser, [1889] 1888) and Callopistria yerburii Butler, 1884.[3]

References

  1. Callopistria at funet
  2. Chang, Bao-Shin (1991) (in zh). Illustrations of Moths in Taiwan Vol. 5. Taipei: Taiwan Museum. pp. 1–366. 
  3. Shen-Horn, Yen; Wu, Shipher (2009) (in en). Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Eriopinae. Biota Taiwanica, Hexapoda: Lepidoptera. Kaohsiung: National Sun Yat-Sen University. pp. 1–87. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3658879 entry