Hoplodrina octogenaria
| Hoplodrina octogenaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Hoplodrina |
| Species: | H. octogenaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplodrina octogenaria Goeze, 1781 | |
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The Uncertain (Hoplodrina octogenaria) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone (Europe, Russia, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Siberia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Altai, north Mongolia, North Korea, north China).
Description
- See glossary for terms used
The wingspan is 28–34 mm.The ground colour is rich brown or tawny brown darker in the he female The reniform and orbicular spots are darker than the ground colour and outlined in white.The darker than the ground colour median line is usually wide. The name Uncertain refers to its being similar to and confused with Hoplodrina blanda and Hoplodrina ambigua. Certain identification requires dissection of the genitalia.[1]
Biology
The length of the forewings is 14–16 mm. The moth flies in one generation from late May to August. .
The larvae feed on Lamium, Primula, Stellaria and Rumex species.[2]
Notes
- ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
References
External links
- Lepiforum Includes photographs of genitalia.
- Funet Taxonomy
- Fauna Europaea
- Vlindernet (Dutch)
- waarneming.nl (Dutch)
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- The Uncertain at UKmoths