Callopistria maillardi

Callopistria maillardi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species can be found throughout central, eastern and southern Africa, including the islands of the Indian Ocean, Yemen, Chagos islands, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, southern China,[1] in Hawaii, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Society Islands, Sulawesi, as well as Queensland in Australia.

Callopistria maillardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Callopistria
Species:
C. maillardi
Binomial name
Callopistria maillardi
Guenée, 1862
Synonyms
  • Callopistria nauticorum Tams, 1935
  • Eriopus recurvata Moore, 1882
  • Callopistria pseudintermissa Viette, 1965

Description

Its wingspan is about 40 mm. Antennae of male with three spatulate hairs on the curved portion. Legs very densely clothed with long hair. Head and thorax clothed with dark ferrugineous and white hair. Abdomen paler with ferrous colored dorsal tufts. Forewings more varied with reddish. The veins and lines reddish. Antemedial line more angulated. There is a medial crenulate black line. Ventral side of hindwings with more crenulated postmedial line.[2][3]

Larva dark greenish with a dorsal row of white-outlined dark chevrons, where each pointing towards head. The anal chevron is slightly larger and more strongly colored than the rest.[4]

Ecology

The larvae feed on Adiantum, Lygodium, Pellaea, Nephrolepis biserrata, and Asplenium nidus.[5]

References
  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Callopistria maillardi Guenee (Plate 5, Figs. 282, 287)". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. "Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)". Butterfly House. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  5. "Callopistria maillardi, (Guenée, 1862)". African Moths. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 3 August 2016.


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