Calligraphidia tessellata is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is known from Madagascar.
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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: | Calligraphidia |
| Species: | C. tessellata
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| Calligraphidia tessellata | |
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The forewings of this species are brown with a violet shade, the costa with a series of dark brown spots; an ochreous-basal patch, irrorated (sprinkled) with black, followed by an irregular double violet line, an indistinct dark median line and a strongly marked dark postmedian line. The wingspan of this species is 50 mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Calligraphidia tessellata (Kenrick, 1917)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ Kenrick, Geo. H. (1917). "New or little-known Heterocera from Madagascar". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 93–94 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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