Lithophane consocia
Lithophane consocia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukarya |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Lithophane |
Species: | L. consocia |
Binomial name | |
Lithophane consocia (Borkhausen, 1792) | |
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The Scarce Conformist or Softly's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane consocia) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found throughout northern, central and eastern Europe, east to Siberia. There is a single record from Great Britain, where it was recorded in Hampstead, London, in September 2001..
The wingspan is 43–48 mm. Adults are on wing from September and overwintering until May.
The larvae feed on Alnus and Corylus.
Subspecies
- Lithophane consocia consocia (Europe)
- Lithophane consocia grisea (south-eastern Siberia)