Callistege mi

Mother Shipton moth
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Callistege
Species:
C. mi
Binomial name
Callistege mi
(Clerck, 1759)[1]
Synonyms
List
  • Phalaena mi Clerck, 1759
  • Euclidia mi var. extrema
  • Euclidia extrema Bang-Haas, 1912
  • Euclidia mi
  • Phalaena litterata Cyrillo, 1787
  • Callistege litterata
  • Callistege mi elzei
  • Callistege elzei Freina, 1976

Callistege mi, the Mother Shipton moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was classified by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759, and is also known under the name of Euclidia mi.[2] In Finnish it is known as piirtoyökkönen and in German as Scheck-Tageule.[3]

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Callistege mi (Clerck 1759)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ Kellett, Arnold. The Yorkshire Dictionary of Dialect, Tradition and Folklore (2nd ed.). Otley: Smith Settle. pp. 117–8. ISBN 1-85825-016-1.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku (July 6, 2019). "Euclidia mi (Clerck, 1759)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 7, 2019.