Calesia
Encyclopedia
Calesia is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Calesia arhoda Hampson 1910
- Calesia caputrubrum Carcasson 1965
- Calesia cryptoleuca Carcasson 1965
- Calesia dasypterus (Kollar 1844)
- Calesia flabellifera Moore 1878
- Calesia flaviceps Hampson 1926
- Calesia fuscicorpus Hampson 1891
- Calesia gastropachoides Guenee 1852
- Calesia haemorrhoa Guenee 1852
- Calesia hirtisquama Hampson 1926
- Calesia karschi (Bartel 1903)
- Calesia marginata (Walker 1869)
- Calesia nigriannulata Hampson 1926
- Calesia nigriventris Aurivillius 1909
- Calesia othello (Fawcett 1916)
- Calesia pellio Felder & Rogenhofer 1874
- Calesia phaiosoma (Hampson 1891)
- Calesia proxantha Hampson 1895
- Calesia rhodotela Hampson 1926
- Calesia roseiceps Hampson 1894
- Calesia rufipalpis (Walker 1858)
- Calesia simplex Snellen 1880
- Calesia stillifera Felder & Rogenhofer 1874
- Calesia thermantis Hampson 1926
- Calesia vinolia Swinhoe 1903
- Calesia xanthognatha Hampson 1926
- Calesia zambesita Walker 1865