Lithophane ornitopus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Lithophane |
| Species: | L. ornitopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithophane ornitopus (Hufnagel, 1766) | |
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Lithophane ornitopus, the grey shoulder-knot, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of the Palearctic ecozone from Ireland east to Siberia.
Technical description and variation
The wingspan is 32–38 mm. Forewing greywhite; a bifurcate black streak from base below cell; lines indistinct, pale with dotted edges; stigmata grey with partial black outlines and paler rings; the lower lobe of the reniform orange tinged; claviform sometimes connected by a black streak with outer line, and often a dark spot between the stigmata; submarginal line waved, white, preceded by dark marks; hindwing grey; the whiter forms are separated as ab. pallida Spul. [1]
Biology
Adults are on wing from late August to November and, after overwintering, again from the end of February to mid-May.
Larva bluish green dotted with white; dorsal and subdorsal lines white; spiracular line yellowish white. The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, but mainly Quercus species.[2] Larvae can be found from April to June. It overwinters as an adult.
Subspecies
- Lithophane ornitopus ornitopus
- Lithophane ornitopus pitzalisi Hartig, 1976 (Sardinia)
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.".
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