Callopistria repleta

Description

Callopistria repleta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in India, China, Taiwan, Japan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. The forewings are contrastingly patterned in white, rufous, dark brown and grey with a mauvish tinge. The larvae feed on ferns. They are bright green with a series of transverse black bars edged in yellow. Pupation takes place in a slight, earth-covered cocoon on the soil surface. Callopistria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1821. Their eyes are naked and without lashes. Its proboscis is well developed. The palpi are short, upturned, obliquely porrect (extending forward), roughly scaled and reaching above vertex of head. Antennae bipectinated (comb like on both sides). Thorax hairy, without tufts. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on the proximal segments. Male with large lateral and anal tufts. Tibia spineless and strongly tufted. Forewings short and broad with non-crenulate (non-scalloped) cilia. Apex rounded, inner margin lobed near base and with a slight tooth of scales at outer angle. Hindwings of male with a ridge and fold on underside running from center of costa to lower angle of cell and then to centre of outer margin.