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Abrostola asclepiadis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Abrostola |
Species: | A. asclepiadis |
Binomial name | |
Abrostola asclepiadis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
Synonyms | |
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Abrostola asclepiadis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in South and Central Europe as far north as Finland and Sweden, Asia Minor and the Caucasus. [1]
A. asclepiadis Schiff. Scarcely distinguishable in the imago state from triplasia L., but differing altogether in the larva; this is bluish white, tinged with green on the thoracic segments, dotted with black; the dorsal tubercles large; lateral stripe broadly yellow; on each segment above it a large black dot, beneath it two large black dots and several smaller ones; head greenish yellow, with black dots: in the ab. jagowi Bartel from the Engadine, the basal area is not tinged with pink and is without dark markings. [2] The wingspan is 30–40 mm.
Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Vincetoxicum hirundinaria , which contains toxic alkaloids and is unpalatable to most generalist herbivores.
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