Callistege mi (Clerck, 1759)
(Mother Shipton)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCallistege mi (Mother Shipton)
SubfamilyEREBINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyEREBIDAE (a family of moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Callistege mi (Mother Shipton) :
1: Callistege mi (Mother Shipton)
4 Sep 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
caterpillar, by sweeping
Image 1: Caterpillar - dorsal view - natural backgroundImage 2: Caterpillar - dorsal view - natural background (2)Image 3: Caterpillar - dorsal view - natural background (3)Image 4: Caterpillar - half-curled - lateral view - white backgroundImage 5: Caterpillar - in motion - lateral view - natural backgroundImage 6: Caterpillar - in motion - lateral view - natural background (2)Image 7: Caterpillar - lateral view - natural backgroundImage 8: Caterpillar - lateral view - natural background (2)Image 9: Caterpillar - curled up - lateral view - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 10: Caterpillar - curled up - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Caterpillar - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 12: Caterpillar - head and thorax - front three-quarter view - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 13: Caterpillar - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 14: Caterpillar - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - natural background (2)Image 15: Caterpillar - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - natural background (3)Image 16: Caterpillar - tail and anal claspers - dorsal view - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 17: Caterpillar - tail and anal claspers - lateral view - highly enlarged - natural background
2: Callistege mi (Mother Shipton)
10 Jun 2000 OSGR: SS43 51° 10’ N, 4° 10’ W Vice County: North Devon (VC 4) England
Image 1: Moth - close-upImage 2: Moth visiting yellow compositeImage 3: Moth visiting yellow composite (2)
3: Callistege mi (Mother Shipton)
23 May 1970 OSGR: TL78 52° 30’ N, 0° 40’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Male
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Waring, P. 2007 Mother Shipton Vol 18, No 6 Page: 437

Callistege mi (Mother Shipton) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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