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Calpini
The Calpini are a tribe of fruit-piercing moths in the family Erebidae; formerly they were included in the family Noctuidae. The proboscis of the adult moths of this tribe is pointed and barbed, allowing the moth to pierce the skin of fruit to drink the juice. The vampire moths in the Calyptra genus can pierce mammal skin to drink blood.
9 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Plusiodonta
genusPlusiodonta
Gonodonta
genusGonodonta
Vampire Moths and Allies
genusCalyptra
Oraesia
genusOraesia
Axiocteta
genusAxiocteta
Dierna
genusDierna
Goniocraspedon
genusGoniocraspedon
Culasta
genusCulasta
Gonodontodes
genusGonodontodes
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 85262.