Manulea lutarella

Manulea lutarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Manulea
Species: M. lutarella
Binomial name
Manulea lutarella
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Tinea lutarella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Eilema lutarellum
  • Eilema lutarella
  • Lithosia lutarella
  • Noctua luteola [Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Phalaena alboflava Retzius, 1783
  • Noctua lutosa Esper, 1783
  • Lithosia lutea Fabricius, 1798
  • Lithosia lutarella var. nigrogrisea Peets, 1908
  • Eilema lutarella var. postmelanica Strand in Ulmer, Strand, Horn, 1917
  • Lithosia lutarella ab. nigrocincta Speyer, 1862
  • Eilema lutarella luqueti Leraut, 2006
  • Lithosia lutarella diluta Rothschild
  • Eilema lutea

Manulea lutarella is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in North Africa through Central Europe up to the area surrounding the Amur River and Sakhalin. In the north, it is found up to Scandinavia, Komi Republic in European Russia, Vitim river in Siberia.

The wingspan is 27–30 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on lichen.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Dubatolov, V. V. & V. V. Zolotuhin. (2011). Does Eilema Hübner, (1819) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera? Euroasian Entomological Journal 10(3) 367-79, 380, col. plate VII.
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