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Subfamily Calpinae - Fruit-piercing Moths

Plusiodonta compressipalpis Caterpillar on Sugar Apple tree - Gonodonta nutrix Citrus Fruit-piercer - Gonodonta nutrix Citrus Fruit-piercer Adult - Gonodonta nutrix Calyptra canadensis? - Calyptra canadensis Moonseed Moth - Plusiodonta compressipalpis Gonodonta sinaldus Dark-spotted Looper (Diachrysia aereoides) - Calyptra canadensis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Calpinae (Fruit-piercing Moths)
Explanation of Names
Calpinae Boisduval, 1840
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 March, 2005 - 1:07am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 January, 2018 - 11:07pm

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