Callopistria callopistrioides (Moore, 1881) -

Taxonomic Information

Callopistria Hübner, [1821] species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Callopistria aethiops Butler, 1878. India: Sikkim, Nilgiris. 
Callopistria albistrigoides Poole, 1989. Sri Lanka. 
Callopistria callopistrioides (Moore, 1881). India: Uttarakhand, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal. 
Callopistria chlorocroa (Hampson, 1908). NE Himalaya. 
Callopistria coelisigna Hampson, 1902. Sri Lanka. 
Callopistria duplicans Walker, [1858]. India: Sikkim, Assam, Maharashtra. (Mumbai); Myanmar. 
Callopistria exotica (Guenée, 1852). NE Himalaya. 
Callopistria guttulalis Hampson, 1896 Sri Lanka; India.
Callopistria indica (Butler, 1891). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Assam, Maharashtra. (Mumbai). 
Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827). India: Himachal Pradesh; “ Nilgiris”, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka. 
Callopistria leucobasis (Hampson, 1908). India: Assam; Sri Lanka. 
Callopistria maillardi maillardi (Guenée, 1862). India-Australian tropics. 
Callopistria nivetacta (Warren, 1912). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Callopistria nephrostictoides Berio, 1973. Myanmar. 
Callopistria minor Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris; Nepal. 
Callopistria minuta Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Uttarakhand, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Callopistria placodoides (Guenée, 1852). India-Australian tropics.
Callopistria phaeogona (Hampson, 1908). India: Arunachal Pradesh?. 
Callopistria pulchrilinea (Walker, 1862). India; Sri Lanka; Nepal. 
Callopistria rectisecta (Warren, 1912). India: Assam
Callopistria repleta Walker, [1858]. India. 
Callopistria rivularis Walker, [1858]. India-Australian tropics.
Callopsitria strigilineata Hampson, 1894. India: Sikkim.
Callopistria thalpophiloides thalpophiloides (Walker, 1862) 
Callopistria variegata (Swinhoe, 1895). India: Meghalaya.
Callopistria yerburii Butler, 1884. India: Tamil Nadu (Madras); Sri Lanka. 

Mosara apicalis Walker, 1855, placed by Holloway in Callopistria, was suggested as possibly retained as Mosara, placed in the subfamily Aediinae by Yen & Wu (2009). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Callopistria callopistrioides -


Note: Both this (thalpophiloides) and the next species (callopistrioides) have rich dark brown forewings; the hindwings are bordered a similar colour but have the basal half dull yellow. The next species has the pale forewing markings more prominent and more clearly defined; the submarginal white flecks are much more extensive in callopistrioides; in thalpophiloides they are restricted to the anterior sixth of the wing.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total1
  1. OD as Thalpophila callopistrioides Moore, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pg. 344. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759493#page/446/mode/1up
  2. Listed as Data similis Warren, 1911. Descriptions of some new Noctuidae in the Tring Museum. Novit. zool. 18: 140-148.
  3. Wileman & West, 1929. Descriptions of new species of Noctuidae Novit. Zool. 35(1):1-27. Page 5.
  4. Holloway, J. D. 1989. The moths of Borneo (part 12); Family Noctuidae: Subfamilies Noctuinae, Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae. Malayan Nature Journal 43: 57-226. Pg. 161, Pl. 5/7
  5. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Plate 86/9.
  6. Yen, S-H. & S. Wu. 2009. Hexapoda: Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Eriopinae), Biota Taiwanica : 3-88. Pg. 58. Misspelt as Callopistria callopistroides.
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1284396-Data-callopistrioides [Accessed on 24 Nov 2022]
    Similar species: Callopistria thalpophiloides

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Callopistria callopistrioides (Moore, 1881) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/callopistria-callopistrioides, accessed 2024/04/26.