Manulea pygmaeola
| Manulea pygmaeola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Manulea |
| Species: | M. pygmaeola |
| Binomial name | |
| Manulea pygmaeola (Doubleday, 1847)[1] | |
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The Pigmy Footman (Manulea pygmaeola) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the western half of the Palearctic ecozone, east to Altai.
The wingspan is 24–28 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on various lichen species on rocks and wooden poles. Larvae are found from August to June. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
Subspecies
- Manulea pygmaeola pygmaeola
- Manulea pygmaeola banghaasi (Seitz, 1910) (Asia Minor, Transcaucasia)
- Manulea pygmaeola pallifrons (Zeller, 1847) (north-western Africa, Europe, Crimea, Caucasus)
- Manulea pygmaeola saerdabense (Daniel, 1939) (western Kopet Dagh, northern Iran, Mountains of eastern Central Asia)
References
- ↑ 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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