Kingdom Animalia Family Erebidae Scientific name Calpini Higher classification Calpinae Order Butterflies and moths | Superfamily Noctuoidea Subfamily Calpinae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Tribe | |
Similar Calpinae, Butterflies and moths, Insect, Gonodonta, Erebidae | ||
The Calpini are a tribe of fruit-piercing moths in the family Erebidae; formerly they were included in the family Noctuidae. The proboscis of the adult moths of this tribe is pointed and barbed, allowing the moth to pierce the skin of fruit to drink the juice. The vampire moths in the Calyptra genus can pierce mammal skin to drink blood.
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