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Callopistria
Sign in to saveCallopistria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1821. thumb|Callopistria larva feeding on Adiantum sp.
Species
Florida Fern Moth
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNoctuidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 80
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Collections
- USNM, EMEC, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- United States, Micronesia, Federated States Of
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- Callopistria bernei (Viette, 1985).jpg
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- Callopistria
- has host
- Nephrolepis
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Callopistria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1821. thumb|Callopistria larva feeding on Adiantum sp.
==Description== Their eyes are naked and without lashes. Its proboscis is well developed. The palpi are short, upturned, obliquely porrect (extending forward), roughly scaled and reaching above vertex of head. Antennae bipectinated (comb like on both sides). Thorax hairy, without tufts. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on the proximal segments. Male with large lateral and anal tufts. Tibia spineless and strongly tufted. Forewings short and broad with non-crenulate (non-scalloped) cilia. Apex rounded, inner margin lobed near base and with a slight tooth of scales at outer angle. Hindwings of male with a ridge and fold on underside running from center of costa to lower angle of cell and then to centre of outer margin.
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