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Callyna costiplaga

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Species of moth

Callyna costiplaga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Callyna
Species: C. costiplaga
Binomial name
Callyna costiplaga
Moore, 1885

Callyna costiplaga is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and China.

Adult wingspan is 43 mm. Palpi slender. Antennae ciliated in both sexes. Head dark reddish brown with a black collar. Thorax and abdomen brownish. Forewings brown with indistinct subbasal, antemedial, postmedial and submarginal waved lines. There are large quadrate black costal patches found between the subbasal and antemedial as well as the postmedial and submarginal lines. Orbicular and reniform indistinct. An apical white patch found. Hindwings dark fuscous with ochreous cilia.

References

  1. "Species Details: Callyna costiplaga Moore, 1885". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. "Callyna costiplaga Moore, 1885". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Callyna costiplaga


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