Callistege mi

Mother Shipton moth
Upperside
Side view
Scientific 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)
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. In Finnish it is known as piirtoyökkönen and in German as Scheck-Tageule.