Calligraphidia tessellata

Calligraphidia tessellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Calligraphidia
Species: C. tessellata
Binomial name
Calligraphidia tessellata
(Kenrick, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polydesma tessellata Kenrick, 1917

Calligraphidia tessellata is a moth in the family Noctuidae that is known from Madagascar.

The forewings of this species are brown with a violet shade, the costa with a series of dark brown spots; an ochreous basal patch, irrorated with black, followed by an irregular double violet line. an indistinct dark median line and a strongly marked dark postmedian line. The expansion of this species is 50mm.[2]

References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ Biodiversitylibrary.org: Kenrick, G. H. 1917. New or little-known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1917:p.93-94, pl.4


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