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.
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| Calesia dasyptera (Kollar, 1844)
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Description
editThe 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
edit- ^ "Calesia dasypterus (Kollar, 1844)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
- ^ 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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