Callopistria maillardi

Callopistria maillardi

''Callopistria maillardi'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species can be found throughout central, eastern and southern Africa, including the islands of the Indian Ocean, Yemen, Chagos islands, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, southern China, in Hawaii, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Society Islands, Sulawesi, as well as Queensland in Australia.
Callopistria maillardi, Ivoloina park, Madagascar Also found in another location, Andasibe:
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/86210/armyworm_moth_spodoptera_andasibe_madagascar.html Africa,Callopistria maillardi,Geotagged,Ivoloina park,LepiLED,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Winter,World

Appearance

Its wingspan is about 40 mm. Antennae of male with three spatulate hairs on the curved portion. Legs very densely clothed with long hair. Head and thorax clothed with dark ferrugineous and white hair. Abdomen paler with ferrous colored dorsal tufts. Forewings more varied with reddish. The veins and lines reddish. Antemedial line more angulated. There is a medial crenulate black line. Ventral side of hindwings with more crenulated postmedial line.

Larva dark greenish with a dorsal row of white-outlined dark chevrons, where each pointing towards head. The anal chevron is slightly larger and more strongly colored than the rest.
Armyworm Moth (Spodoptera), Andasibe, Madagascar  Africa,Andasibe,Callopistria maillardi,Geotagged,LepiLED,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Winter,World

Habitat

The larvae feed on ''Adiantum'', ''Lygodium'', ''Pellaea'', ''Nephrolepis biserrata'', and ''Asplenium nidus''.

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusCallopistria
SpeciesC. maillardi
Photographed in
Madagascar