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Calpinae

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Scoliopteryx libatrix
species of insect
Picasso Moth
species of moth
Phyllodes
genus of insects
Calpinae
The Calpinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. This subfamily includes many species of moths that have a pointed and barbed proboscis adapted to piercing the skins of fruit to feed on juice, and in the case of the several Calyptra species of vampire moths, to piercing the skins of mammals to feed on blood. The subfamily contains some large moths with wingspans longer than 5 cm (2 in).
Baorisa
Baorisa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was long thought to be monotypic with the only species being Baorisa hieroglyphica.
Chusaris
Chusaris is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1859.
Praxis
genus of insects
Epicyrtica leucostigma
species of insect
Gloriana
genus of insects
Aburina
Aburina is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
Hamodes
Hamodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Hemiceratoides hieroglyphica
species of moth
Crithote
Crithote is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1864.
Cymatophoropsis
Cymatophoropsis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1894.
Systremma
Systremma is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1858.
Diomea
Diomea is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Crypsiprora
Crypsiprora is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Marcipalina
Marcipalina is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jean Pelletier in 1978.
Mecodina
Mecodina is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Papuacola
Papuacola is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.
Paragabara
Paragabara is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae and subfamily of Calpinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.
Cabralia
Cabralia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, containing only a single species, Cabralia trifasciata; a second species (judsoni) was historically misclassified, but in 2010 was determined to belong to the genus Rhosus in the subfamily Agaristinae, leaving C. trifasciata as the sole remaining member of its genus.
Radara
Radara is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1862.
Belciana
Belciana is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae.
Donda eurychlora
species of insect
Epharmottomena
Epharmottomena is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Oscar John in 1909.
Ectogonia
Ectogonia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1896.
Platyja
Platyja is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Egone atrisquamata
species of insect
Eccrita
Eccrita is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae and is in the subfamily of Calpinae. The genus was erected by Julius Lederer in 1857. The genus was considered a synonym of Lygephila by Robert W. Poole, but it was revalidated by Herbert Beck in 1996.
Paragona
Paragona is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Staudinger in 1892.
Chrysorithrum
Chrysorithrum is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Dolichosomastis
Dolichosomastis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1924.
Dyomyx
Dyomyx is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Caryonopera
Caryonopera is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.
Dierna
Dierna is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.
Fodina
Fodina is a genus of noctuoid moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Stenoxia
Stenoxia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.
Egnasia
Egnasia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Marsipiophora christophi
species of insect
Orsa
genus of insects
Eudrapa
Eudrapa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Abseudrapa
Abseudrapa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Egone
Egone is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.
Gigides
Gigides is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.
Drepanophiletis
Drepanophiletis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.
Panopoda carneicosta
species of insect
Donda
genus of insects
Smyra
Smyra is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1880.
Schistorhynx
Schistorhynx is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1898.
Rhopalognatha
Rhopalognatha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.
Prorocopis
Prorocopis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1897. All the species in the genus are known from Australia.
Hemiceratoides
Hemiceratoides is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
Glenopteris
Glenopteris is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Carsina
Carsina is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1924.
Beihania
Beihania is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Xanthanomis
Xanthanomis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.
Rhanidophora
Rhanidophora is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Wallengren in 1858.
Rhesala
Rhesala is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Mecodinops
Mecodinops is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.