Calpini
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| Calpini | |
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| Calyptra thalictri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Tribe: | Calpini Boisduval, 1840 |
The Calpini are a tribe of fruit-piercing moths in the family Erebidae; formerly they were included in the family Noctuidae.[1] The proboscis of the adult moths of this tribe is pointed and barbed, allowing the moth to pierce the skin of fruit to drink the juice. The vampire moths in the genus Calyptra can pierce mammal skin to drink blood.[2]
Genera
- Africalpe Krüger, 1939
- Calyptra Ochsenheimer, 1816
- Ferenta Walker,
- Gonodonta Hübner, 1818
- Graphigona Walker,
- Oraesia Guenée, In Boisduval and Guenée, 1852b
- Plusiodonta Guenée, In Boisduval and Guenée, 1852b
- Tetrisia Walker, 1867
Notes
References
- ^ Zaspel, J.M.; Branham, M.A. (2008). "World checklist of tribe Calpini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae)". Insecta Mundi (September 26th ed.): 1–15. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Blood-feeding and Fruit-feeding Moths of Calpini Tribe (Noctuidae), Their Phylogeny and Classification". Florida Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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