Callopistria maillardi

Callopistria maillardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Callopistria
Species: C. maillardi
Binomial name
Callopistria maillardi
Guénée, 1862
Synonyms
  • Callopistria nauticorum Tams, 1935
  • Eriopus recurvata Moore, 1882
  • Callopistria pseudintermissa Viette, 1965

Callopistria maillardi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species can be found throughout central, eastern and southern Africa, including the islands of the Indian Ocean, Yemen, Chagos islands, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, southern China,[1] in Hawaii, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Society Islands, Sulawesi, as well as Queensland in Australia.

The larvae feed on Adiantum, Lygodium, Pellaea and Nephrolepis species.

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