Calesia fuscicorpus

Calesia fuscicorpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Calesia
Species:	C. fuscicorpus
Binomial name
	Calesia fuscicorpus; Hampson, 1891

Calesia fuscicorpus is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1891.[1] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[2] Caterpillars are known to feed on Justicia wynaadensis.[3] The male has a significant area of dense, raised scales that obscure the white discal spot and other markings.[4]

References

"Species Details: Calesia flabellifera Moore, 1878". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
"HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
"Calesia transvestita sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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[1] "Species Details: Calesia flabellifera Moore, 1878". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[2] Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[3] "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[4] "Calesia transvestita sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 March 2018.