Gluphisia crenata

Dusky marbled brown
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Gluphisia
Species:	G. crenata
Binomial name
Gluphisia crenata (Esper, 1785)
Synonyms
List Bombyx crenataEsper, 1785 Gluphisia rureaFabricius, 1787 Bombyx crenosaHubner, 1796 Gluphisia crenata danieliKobes, 1970 Gluphisia septentrionisWalker, 1855 Dasychira clandestinaWalker, 1861 Gluphisia trilineataPackard, 1864 Gluphisia ridendaEdwards, 1886 Gluphisia formosaEdwards, 1886 Gluphisia albofasciaEdwards, 1886 Gluphisia ruptaEdwards, 1886 Gluphisia quinquelineaDyar, 1892 Gluphisia japonicaWileman, 1911 Gluphisia crenata ab. amurensisGrunberg, 1912 Gluphisia crenata ab. tartarusSchawerda, 1919 Gluphisia crenata ab. vertuneaDerenne, 1920 Gluphisia crenata ab. infuscataMatsumura, 1924 Gluphisia septentrionis f. opacaBarnes & Benjamin, 1927 Gluphisia crenata ab. albinaLucas, 1955 Gluphisia crenata f. variegataLempke, 1959

Gluphisia crenata, the dusky marbled brown, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1785. It is found in Europe, east over parts of Russia and China up to Japan. It is also found in North America, where it was traditionally treated as a separate species, Gluphisia septentrionis.

The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The moth flies from April to August in two generations depending on the location.

6, 6a. 6b larvae after last molt

The larvae feed on Populus species, such as P. nigra , P. balsamifera and P. tremula , but also on Salix purpurea .

Gluphisia crenata exhibit a puddling behavior, sucking up fluid from puddles, pumping it through the digestive tract, and excreting it at 3 second intervals. ^[1]

Subspecies

• Gluphisia crenata crenata
• Gluphisia crenosa crenosa(Hubner, 1796)
• Gluphisia crenata tristisGaede, 1933 (China: Sichuan)

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  Common Gluphisia Moth

  Gluphisia crenata meridionalisKiriakoff, 1964 (China: Yunnan)

References

1. Scott R. Smedley in Resh, V. H. & R. T. Cardé (Editors) 2003. Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press.

External links

• Media related to Gluphisia crenata at Wikimedia Commons
• Dusky marbled brown on UKMoths
• Savela, Markku. "Gluphisia crenata (Esper, 1785)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 31, 2019. Taxonomy
• Fauna Europaea
• Lepiforum e.V.
• Schmetterlinge-Deutschlands.de Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine