Calesia dasyptera

Calesia dasyptera is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found in Asia, including Taiwan, India and Sri Lanka.

Calesia dasyptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Calesia
Species:	C. dasyptera
Binomial name
Calesia dasyptera (Kollar, 1844)
Synonyms
Erebus dasypterus Kollar, 1844 Calesia comosa Guenée, 1852 Erebus leucostigma Kollar, 1844 Calesia stigmoleuca Guenée, 1852 Calesia dasypterus (Kollar, 1844)[1]

Description

The wingspan of the male is about 50 mm and 40 mm in the female. Forewings with a very large tuft of hair beyond the cell below costa in male, and the costal nervules curved. Forewings with veins 8 to 10 stalked in both sexes. Male has greyish red-brown base color. Head, collar and abdomen crimson. Coxa of forelegs and tibia of forelegs and midlegs are crimson. Female has a white spot at end of cell of forewings.^[2]