Calyptra thalictri: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Calyptra
- Species
- Calyptra thalictri
- Scientific Name
- Calyptra thalictri
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Calyptra thalictri
Calyptra thalictri is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to the area ranging from Japan and Korea to China and Malaysia, west through the Urals to Southern Europe, but it has recently expanded its range to northern Europe. In 2000, it was observed in Finland and in 2008 it was recorded even further west, in Sweden.
It is often referred to as the vampire moth (although this common name is also used for other members of the genus Calyptra), referring to their ability to drink blood from vertebrates, including humans, through skin. However, the moths are not thought to cause any threat to humans.
The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The moth flies from May to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Thalictrum species.
...Calyptra thalictri in languages:
- Czech
- hnědopáska žluťuchová
- Finnish
- kyynelyökkönen
- German
- Wiesenrauten-Kapuzeneule
- Hungarian
- Öblösszárnyú bagoly
- Japanese
- ウスエグリバ
- Korean
- 갈고리큰나방
- Lithuanian
- Vingirinis žieminukas
- Russian
- Совка василистниковая
- Slovene
- kapucinska sovka
- Swedish
- vampyrfly
- Ukrainian
- Совка зубаткова
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Calyptra albivirgata
- Calyptra aureola
- Calyptra bicolor
- Calyptra canadensis
- Calyptra capnoides
- Calyptra capucina
- Calyptra cordobensis
- Calyptra eustrigata
- Calyptra fasciata
- Calyptra fletcheri
- Calyptra gruesa
- Calyptra hokkaida
- Calyptra lata
- Calyptra minuticornis
- Calyptra nyei
- Calyptra ophideroides
- Calyptra orthograpta
- Calyptra parva
- Calyptra pseudobicolor
- Calyptra thalictri
































































































































