''Calesia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s 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 born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...
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
''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 1910
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Calesia caputrubrum
''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 ...
''
Carcasson 1965
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Calesia cryptoleuca
''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 ...
''
Carcasson 1965
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Calesia dasypterus
''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
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std ...
''
(Kollar 1844)
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Calesia flabellifera
''Calesia flabellifera'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்க ...
''
Moore 1878
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Calesia flaviceps''
Hampson 1926
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Calesia fuscicorpus
''Calesia fuscicorpus'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. Caterpillars are known to feed on ''Justicia wynaadensis
Justicia may refer to:
* ''Justicia'' (album), b ...
''
Hampson 1891
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Calesia gastropachoides
''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 ...
''
Guenée 1852
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Calesia haemorrhoa''
Guenée 1852
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Calesia hirtisquama
''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 ...
''
Hampson 1926
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Calesia karschi''
(Bartel 1903)
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Calesia marginata
''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 ...
''
(Walker 1869)
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Calesia nigriannulata''
Hampson 1926
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Calesia nigriventris''
Aurivillius 1909
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Calesia othello''
(Fawcett 1916)
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Calesia pellio''
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 ...
''
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 ...
''
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 cil ...
''
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 ...
''
Hampson 1926
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Calesia zambesita
''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 ...
''
Walker 1865
References
Calpinae
{{Calpinae-stub