Callopistria | |
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Callopistria maillardi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: |
Callopistria Hübner, [1821] |
Synonyms | |
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Callopistria is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
Eyes naked and without lashes. Proboscis well developed. Palpi short, upturned, obliquely porrect, roughly scaled and reaching above vertex of head. Antennae bipectinated. Thorax hairy, without tufts. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on the proximal segments. Male with large lateral and anal tufts. Tibia spineless and storngely tufted. Fore wings short and broad with non-crenulate cilia. Apex rounded, inner margin lobed near base and with a slight tooth of scales at outer angle. Hind wings of male with a ridge and fold on underside running from center of costa to lower angle of cell and then to center of outer margin.