Calyptra (moth)

Calyptra
Calyptra orthograpta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Calpini
Genus: Calyptra
Ochsenheimer, 1816
Synonyms
  • Calpe Treitschke, 1825
  • Culasta Moore, 1881
  • Hypocalpe Butler, 1883
  • Percalpe Berio, 1956

The genus Calyptra is a group of moths in subfamily Calpinae of the family Erebidae. They are a member of the Calpini tribe, whose precise circumscription is uncertain but which includes a number of other fruit-piercing or eye-frequenting genera currently classified in Calpinae.

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