Epilecta linogrisea

Epilecta linogrisea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Epilecta
Species:	E. linogrisea
Binomial name
	Epilecta linogrisea; (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
	Noctua linogrisea;

Epilecta linogrisea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Central and Southern Europe, Algeria, Morocco, the Caucasus, Armenia, Turkey, North-Western Iran, Syria, Israel and Lebanon.

Description

The wingspan is 32–41 mm.E. linogrisea Schiff. (14g). Forewing greyish white, diffusely dark grey along costa and inner margin and especially on inner line below median vein; claviform stigma slight, marked by a black line;orbicular and reniform with fine black rings; the former round with pale grey centre, the latter with centre blackish; a quadrate black spot on costa before submarginal line, beyond which the marginal area is brown red: hindwing yellow, with broad black border; the base and costa grey; fringe ochreous. Occurs chiefly in the South of Europe, Spain, Greece, France, and Germany, but also found in Scandinavia; in Asia in Armenia, Syria, and Asia Minor. - ab. lutosa Stgr. has the ground colour yellowish grey instead ofwhite. Larva purple brown, with double black dorsal line enlarged to patches on the four front segments, on which also the white and black lateral line is wholly black: a row of oblique black ^[1]

Biology

The adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, such as Digitalis purpurea and Stellaria and Primula species.

References

^ Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Lepiforum.de

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[1] Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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