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Fruit-piercing Moths
Calpinae
The Calpinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. This subfamily includes many species of moths that have a pointed and barbed proboscis adapted to piercing the skins of fruit to feed on juice, and in the case of the several Calyptra species of vampire moths, to piercing the skins of mammals to feed on blood. The subfamily contains some large moths with wingspans longer than 5 cm (2 in).
60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Calpini
tribeCalpini
Ophiderini
tribeOphiderini
Phyllodini
tribePhyllodini
Gorgone
genusGorgone
Oxidercia
genusOxidercia
Dolichosomastis
genusDolichosomastis
Oroscopa
genusOroscopa
Blasticorhinus
genusBlasticorhinus
Alophosoma
genusAlophosoma
Argidia
genusArgidia
Dahlia
genusDahlia
Chamyna
genusChamyna
Macrodes
genusMacrodes
Clapra
genusClapra
Obroatis
genusObroatis
Epicyrtica
genusEpicyrtica
Dialithis
genusDialithis
Cymatophoropsis
genusCymatophoropsis
Prorocopis
genusProrocopis
Peteroma
genusPeteroma
Coenobela
genusCoenobela
Triommatodes
genusTriommatodes
Cryptochrostis
genusCryptochrostis
Sanys
genusSanys
Coeriana
genusCoeriana
Graphigona
genusGraphigona
Maxera
genusMaxera
Gonuris
genusGonuris
Pseudophisma
genusPseudophisma
Plynteria
genusPlynteria
Metaplusia
genusMetaplusia
Ceromacra
genusCeromacra
Ferenta
genusFerenta
Ctypansa
genusCtypansa
Ipnista
genusIpnista
Polydesmiola
genusPolydesmiola
Heterormista
genusHeterormista
Phaeoblemma
genusPhaeoblemma
Disticta
genusDisticta
Pherechoa
genusPherechoa
Ostha
genusOstha
Gigia
genusGigia
Pseudyrias
genusPseudyrias
Pseudogerespa
genusPseudogerespa
Erebostrota
genusErebostrota
Pseudogyrtona
genusPseudogyrtona
Jochroa
genusJochroa
Mazacyla
genusMazacyla
Diascia
genusDiascia
Ensipia
genusEnsipia
Drepanoperas
genusDrepanoperas
Edmondsia
genusEdmondsia
Schalidomitra
genusSchalidomitra
Parafodina
genusParafodina
Orsa
genusOrsa
Stenoprora
genusStenoprora
Arsina
genusArsina
Pitara
genusPitara
Polygoniodes
genusPolygoniodes
Pterhemia
genusPterhemia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122490.