Biology:Calyptra minuticornis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Calyptra |
| Species: | C. minuticornis
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| Binomial name | |
| Calyptra minuticornis (Guenée, 1852)[1]
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Calyptra minuticornis, the vampire moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It has been found in Indonesia, Java, India , Sri Lanka, and Australasia.[3]
Description
Its wingspan is about 50 mm. The antennae of the male are minutely ciliated. Forewings with rounded outer margin.[4] Head and thorax pale reddish brown and thickly irrorated with grey. Abdomen pale fuscous. Forewings with pale red-brown with a silvery sheen and numerous fine pale striae. There are traces of sub-basal, antemedial, and medial oblique line present. A rufous line runs from apex to inner margin beyond middle. A series of submarginal specks present. Hindwings pale fuscous and cilia whitish. Larva olive-grey with a sub-dorsal series of black-bordered yellow spots. A sub-lateral series of specks enclosed from fourth somite by a pinkish bordered black line. Head ochreous, with paired lateral black spots. Legs pale pink.[5]
The caterpillar feeds on Stephania japonica, Cissampelos, Cocculus and Cyclea species. It pupates in a cocoon between joined dead leaves in ground debris. The adult is a fruit piercer and also observed to pierce skins of buffalo, zebu, tapir and even humans in labs to suck blood.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Calyptra minuticornis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=283164.
- ↑ Savela, Markku Savela. "Calyptra minuticornis (Guenée, 1852)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/calyptra/#minuticornis. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ Zaspel, J.M.; Branham, M.A. (September 26, 2008). "World Checklist of Tribe Calpini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae)". Insecta Mundi: A Journal of World Insect Systematics 0047 (1–15): 2. http://www.fsca-dpi.org/insectamundi2008/0047ZaspelandBranham.pdf. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ↑ "Calyptra minuticornis" (in Japanese). http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Calpinae/Calyptra_minuticornis_minuticornis.html. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (28 February 2015). "Calyptra minuticornis (Guenée, 1852) Vampire Moth". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/calp/minuticornis.html. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Calyptra minuticornis Guenée". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/calpini/calpini_1_1.php. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q5024714 entry
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