''Calesia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
. The genus was erected by
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very ear ...
in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae ciliated and with bristles to the joints in male. Thorax, abdomen and legs smoothly scaled. Hindwings with very short cell. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.
Species
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Calesia arhoda''
Hampson 1910
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Calesia caputrubrum''
Carcasson 1965
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Calesia cryptoleuca''
Carcasson 1965
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Calesia dasypterus''
(Kollar 1844)
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Calesia flabellifera''
Moore 1878
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Calesia flaviceps''
Hampson 1926
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Calesia fuscicorpus''
Hampson 1891
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Calesia gastropachoides''
Guenée 1852
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Calesia haemorrhoa''
Guenée 1852
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Calesia hirtisquama''
Hampson 1926
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Calesia karschi''
(Bartel 1903)
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Calesia marginata''
(Walker 1869)
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Calesia nigriannulata
''Calesia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae ciliat ...
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Hampson 1926
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Calesia nigriventris''
Aurivillius 1909
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Calesia othello''
(Fawcett 1916)
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Calesia pellio
''Calesia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was ...
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Felder & Rogenhofer 1874
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Calesia phaiosoma''
(Hampson 1891)
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Calesia proxantha''
Hampson 1895
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Calesia rhodotela''
Hampson 1926
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Calesia roseiceps''
Hampson 1894
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Calesia rufipalpis''
(Walker 1858)
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Calesia simplex''
Snellen 1880
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Calesia stillifera
''Calesia stillifera'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Felder in 1874. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China and the Philippines.
Description
The wingspan of the male is about 36 ...
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Felder & Rogenhofer 1874
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Calesia thermantis
''Calesia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae ciliat ...
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Hampson 1926
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Calesia vinolia
''Calesia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae ciliat ...
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Swinhoe 1903
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Calesia xanthognatha
''Calesia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae ciliat ...
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Hampson 1926
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Calesia zambesita''
Walker 1865
References
Calpinae
{{Calpinae-stub