Biology:Callopistria maillardi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Callopistria |
| Species: | C. maillardi
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| Callopistria maillardi Guenée, 1862
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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
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/CALLMAIL. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
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- ↑ "Callopistria maillardi Guenee (Plate 5, Figs. 282, 287)". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_22_19.php. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "Callopistria maillardi, (Guenée, 1862)". http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/NOCTUIIDAE/AMPHIPRYINAE/callopistria%20maillardi.htm. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5022885 entry
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