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Callopistria maillardi

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General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: India - Indonesia / Australia - French Polynesia; s. to Rapa; Land, lowlands to high upland

KEY FEATURES: Medium moth (12-13mmTL) in varying shades of brown.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Callopistria maillardi
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Lepidoptera; NOCTUIDAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Medium moth (12-13mmTL) in varying shades of brown. Fore wings narrowly triangular, terminal margin with a midway tooth-like lobe; brown with angular shadings varying from medium brown to almost black, and some angles with light almost white margins typified by chocolate brown triangle in middle of leading edge of fore wing. Hind wings uniformally dark brown. Underside brown, hind wings paler with transverse line and cell spot. Head and thorax brown. Abdomen brownish grey, underside paler. Legs and Antennae brown.

GENERAL NOTE: Caterpillar a green nocturnal feeder on ferns. Adults with wing pattern typical of "subspecies" meridionalis Collenette from Rapa and French Polynesia on Rarotonga but there are also specimens with "maillardi" pattern as well. Holloway [-----,JD 1979: A survey of the lepidoptera, biogeography and ecology of New Caledonia: 415-416] sank Collenette's subspecies.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: BESO99, specimen #77, 331, 343, 363, 495, 655, ID J.Dugdale 4/2000.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM05a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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