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] | |
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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]
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