Manulea cereola

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Manulea cereola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Manulea
Species: M. cereola
Binomial name
Manulea cereola
(Hübner, 1803)[1]
Synonyms
  • Bombyx cereola Hübner, [1803]
  • Lithosia cinereola Zeller, 1847
  • Ilema cereola
  • Eilema cereola
  • Eilema cereolum
  • Setema cereola

Manulea (Setema) cereola is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Fennoscandia, the Baltic States, European Russia as well as the Alps and Urals.

The wingspan is 18–32 mm.

The larvae feed on various lichen species from the Parmelia genus.

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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