Mormo maura

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Mormo maura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mormo
Species: M. maura
Binomial name
Mormo maura
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Old Lady or Black Underwing (Mormo maura) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone (found from North-Western Africa through all over southern Europe. It reaches its northern border in the West in Northern Ireland and Central Scotland, in Central Europe, in Northern Germany and Poland. In some Nordic countries, there are single finds. The other occurrence areas include Turkestan, Anatolia, the Middle East and Iraq)

The wingspan is 55–65 mm. The length of the forewings is 30–36 mm. The moth flies in one generation from mid June to mid September .

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants in the early stages(Salix, Alnus, Rumex, Senecio, Taraxacum) later it feeds on various deciduous trees and shrubs.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and The Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
Habitat, Spain

Habitat

Mostly near water, so in river valleys, meadows, bogs, as well as in the shore areas of streams, ponds and lakes.

References

  1. ↑ "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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