Ipimorpha retusa

Ipimorpha retusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Ipimorpha
Species:	I. retusa
Binomial name
Ipimorpha retusa (Linnaeus, 1761) [1]
Synonyms
Phalaena retusaLinnaeus, 1761 Phalaena vetulaHübner, 1788 Phalaena (Tortrix) meriananaLang, 1789 Phalaena (Noctua) chrysoglossaBeckwith, 1794 Noctua gracilisHaworth, 1809 (preocc. Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Cosmia curvataButler, 1886

The double kidney (Ipimorpha retusa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of Europe. In the east, the range extends through Turkey, Siberia, Mongolia and China to Korea and Japan. The habitat consists of damp marshy places.

Technical description and variation

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

I. retusa L. (= vetula Hbn.) (46 h). Forewing olive brown dusted with whitish; inner and outer lines fine, nearly straight, parallel to each other, slightly oblique inwards, and paler edged; subterminal irregular, pale, with a darker shade beyond it; stigmata darker, edged with paler; the reniform on a darker median shade; hindwing fuscous, fringe whitish; — the form gracilis Haw. (= curvata Btlr.) is a redder form. Larva pale green; dorsal line broadly, the two subdorsal slenderly, white; the spiracular line white, waved; head green or dark brown. ^[2] The wingspan is 28–32 mm.

Figs 5, 5a, 5b, 5c larvae in various stages

Biology

Adults are on wing from July to September.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
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, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Double Kidney on UKmoths
• Funet
• Lepiforum.de
• schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de