Calyptra bicolor

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| taxon = Calyptra bicolor

| authority = (Moore, 1883){{LepIndex |id=283152 |accessdate=April 28, 2018}}

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• Calpe bicolor (Moore, 1883){{cite web|last=Savela|first=Markku Savela|title=Calyptra bicolor|url=http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/calyptra/index.html|website=Lepidoptera and some other life forms|accessdate=29 August 2010|archive-date=24 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724115822/http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/calyptra/index.html|url-status=dead}}

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Calyptra bicolor is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India.{{cite journal|last=Zaspel|first=J.M.|author2=Branham, M.A.|title=World Checklist of Tribe Calpini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae)|journal=Insecta Mundi: A Journal of World Insect Systematics|volume=0047|issue=1–15|pages=2|date=September 26, 2008|url=http://www.fsca-dpi.org/insectamundi2008/0047ZaspelandBranham.pdf|accessdate=29 August 2010}} It has been known to feed on humans, as well as a variety of other mammals.{{cite book|last1=Mullen|first1=Gary|last2=Durden|first2=Lance|title=Medical and veterinary entomology|publisher=Academic Press|pages=377|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4RGXGkRq5YC&dq=%22Calyptra+bicolor%22&pg=PA377|accessdate=29 August 2010|chapter=Wound Feeding and Skin Piercing Moths|year=2002|isbn=9780080536071}}