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Calyptra eustrigata

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Calyptra eustrigata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Calyptra
Species:
C. eustrigata
Binomial name
Calyptra eustrigata
(Hampson, 1926)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Calpe eustrigata Hampson, 1926

Calyptra eustrigata is a moth of the family Erebidae, found in Sri Lanka[3] and Malaysia. It has been reported as exhibiting parasitic blood-sucking behavior.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Calyptra eustrigata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku Savela. "Calyptra eustrigata". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  3. ^ Zaspel, J.M.; Branham, M.A. (September 26, 2008). "World Checklist of Tribe Calpini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae)" (PDF). Insecta Mundi: A Journal of World Insect Systematics. 0047 (1–15): 2. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  4. ^ Bänziger, H (1975). "Skin-piercing blood-sucking moths I: Ecological and ethological studies on Calpe eustrigata (Lepid., noctuidae)". Acta Tropica. 32 (2): 125–44. PMID 240258.