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Callopistria repleta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in India, China, Taiwan, Japan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

Callopistria repleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Callopistria
Species:	C. repleta
Binomial name
Callopistria repleta Walker, [1858][1]
Synonyms
Eriopus repleta postpallida Prout, 1928

The forewings are contrastingly patterned in white, rufous, dark brown and grey with a mauvish tinge.

The larvae feed on ferns. They are bright green with a series of transverse black bars edged in yellow. Pupation takes place in a slight, earth-covered cocoon on the soil surface.[2]

Subspecies

• Callopistria repleta repleta
• Callopistria repleta postpallida Prout, 1928 (Sundaland)

References

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