Callopistria latreillei

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Callopistria latreillei
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C. latreillei
Binomial name
Callopistria latreillei
(Duponchel, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Noctua latreilleiDuponchel, 1827
  • Callopistria latreillei rakotoViette, 1965
  • Callopistria rechingeri (Koutsaftikis, 1973)
  • Erastria roseitelumWalker, 1858

Callopistria latreillei, Latreille's Latin, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species can be found in the Palaearctic ecozone, most parts of Europe, Asia and in Africa, from Egypt to South Africa. [1] The habitat consists of rocky limestone slopes with deciduous woodland.

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Technical description and variation

E. latreillei Dup. (= quieta Tr. nec Hbn., roseitelum Walk.) (44 f). Forewing whitish, suffused with pale and dark grey, and in parts with blackish fuscous; inner and outer lines black edged with white; a prominent white spot before inner line on submedian fold; stigmata dark grey, with interrupted pale outlines; the reniform with a white dot beyond lower outer angle; submarginal line powdery white, interrupted by the olive or pinkish veins, and preceded by a pink wedge-shaped mark on vein 6; a lunulate white line close before termen; fringe olive yellow, chequered with white; hindwing fuscous, paler towards base in the male. Larva redbrown, with a black dorsal triangle broadly edged with yellow on each segment; lateral lines yellowy with a black spot on each segment. [2] The wingspan is about 25 millimetres (0.98 in).

Biology

There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to October. [3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ceterach officinarum , Cochlearia species and Adiantum capillus-veneris . [4]

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References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  2. Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. UKMoths
  4. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa