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Callopistria repleta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Callopistria

Callopistria repleta

Similar
  
Callopistria juventina, Callopistria, Callopistria nobilior, Callopistria phaeogona, Spoladea recurvalis

callopistria repleta


Callopistria repleta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in India, China, Taiwan, Japan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

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The forewings are contrastingly patterned in white, rufous, dark brown and grey with a mauvish tinge.

The larvae feed on ferns. They are bright green with a series of transverse black bars edged in yellow. Pupation takes place in a slight, earth-covered cocoon on the soil surface.

Subspecies

  • Callopistria repleta repleta
  • Callopistria repleta postpallida Prout, 1928 (Sundaland)
  • References

    Callopistria repleta Wikipedia