Biology:Calyptra parva

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Calyptra parva
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Calyptra
Species:
C. parva
Binomial name
Calyptra parva
Bänziger, 1979[1]

Calyptra parva is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India .[2] It has been known to feed on humans, as well as a variety of other mammals.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Calyptra parva". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=283169. 
  2. Zaspel, J.M.; Branham, M.A. (2008). "World Checklist of Tribe Calpini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae)". Insecta Mundi: A Journal of World Insect Systematics 0047 (1–15): 3. http://www.fsca-dpi.org/insectamundi2008/0047ZaspelandBranham.pdf. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  3. Mullen, Gary; Durden, Lance (2002). "Wound Feeding and Skin Piercing Moths". Medical and veterinary entomology. Academic Press. pp. 377. ISBN 9780080536071. https://books.google.com/books?id=u4RGXGkRq5YC&dq=%22Calyptra+parva%22&pg=PA377. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 

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