Calesia dasyptera

Calesia dasyptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Calesia
Species:	C. dasypterus
Binomial name
	Calesia dasypterus; (Kollar, 1844)
Synonyms
	Erebus dasypterus Kollar, 1844; Calesia comosa Guenee, 1852; Erebus leucostigma Kollar, 1844; Calesia stigmoleuca Guenee, 1852;

Calesia dasypterus is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Asia, including Taiwan,^[1] India and Sri Lanka.

Description

Wingspan of male is about 50mm and 40mm in female. Fore wings with a very large tuft of hair beyond the cell below costa in male, and the costal nervules curved. Fore wings with veins 8 to 10 stalked in both sexes. Male has greyish red-brown base color. Head, collar and abdomen crimson. Coxa of fore legs and tibia of fore and mid legs are crimson. Female has a white spot at end of cell of fore wings.^[2]

References

^ TaiBNET
^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] TaiBNET

[2] Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

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