Anania funebris

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White spotted sable
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Anania
Species:
A. funebris
Binomial name
Anania funebris
(Ström, 1768)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Geometra funebrisStröm, 1768
  • Ennychia octomaculalis Treitschke, 1929
  • Geometra funeraria Müller, 1774
  • Anania funebris glomeralis (Walker, 1859)
  • Phalaena (Geometra) octomaculata Linnaeus, 1771
  • Ennychia assimilis Butler, 1879
  • Ennychia astrifera Butler, 1879
  • Noctua trigutta Esper, 1791
  • Phalaena atralis Fabricius, 1775
  • Pionea funebris f. reducta Weber, 1945
  • Pyralis guttalis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Anania funebris sabaudialis Leraut, 1996

Anania funebris, the white-spotted sable, is a species of diurnal dayflying moth of the family Crambidae. [1] [2] [3] It is wide-spread in Europe, northern Asia, and North America. [4]

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Subspecies

There are two subspecies: [3] [4]

Description

The wingspan is 20–23 mm (0.79-0.92 in). The forewings are black; a large round white subdorsal spot before middle, and a second in disc beyond middle; sometimes a white dot above first; cilia white towards tips. Hindwings as forewings, but without the white dot. The larva is ochreous-whitish; dorsal line deep green; subdorsal and lateral green; spiracular whitish-green; dots green; head whitish-brown. [5] See also Parsons et al. [6]

Figs 4, 4a, 4b larvae after final moult 4c enlargement of two segments 4 under a lowermost leaf of Solidago virgaurea. Buckler W The larvae of the British butterflies and moths PlateCL.jpg
Figs 4, 4a, 4b larvae after final moult 4c enlargement of two segments 4 under a lowermost leaf of Solidago virgaurea.

Behavior

The adults have a tendency to quickly hide behind leaves. [7]

The moth flies during the day [8] from late April to August, [9] June and July being the most active in their flight season.

Diet

The larvae feed on leaves of goldenrod ( Solidago ) such as Solidago virgaurea . It occasionally feeds on dyer's greenweed ( Genista tinctoria ). [2] [8] [10] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Anania funebris (Ström, 1768)". Fauna Europaea . 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Species Anania funebris - White-spotted Sable - Hodges#4958". Bug Guide. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Anania funebris Ström, 1768". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.240. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  4. 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Anania Hübner, 1823". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  6. ↑ Mark Parsons, Sean Clancy, David Wilson A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland: Atropos, England. ISBN   9780955108648
  7. ↑ "White-spotted Sable Moth - Anania funebris". North American Insects & Spiders. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  8. 1 2 Kimber, Ian. "Anania funebris (Ström, 1768)". UK Moths. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Anania funebris (Ström, 1768)". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Flemish Entomological Society. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  10. ↑ "White-spotted Sable". butterfly-conservation.org. Retrieved 2023-06-06.


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