Manulea complana

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Scarce footman
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Manulea
Species:
M. complana
Binomial name
Manulea complana
Synonyms
  • Phalaena complanaLinnaeus, 1758
  • ochrocephalaGeoffroy, 1785
  • Lithosia complanataCosta, 1833
  • Lithosia sericeaGregson, 1860
  • Lithosia molybdeolaGuenée, 1861
  • Crambidia allegheniensisHolland, 1903
  • Lithosia complana balcanicaDaniel, 1939
  • Lithosia complana f. postgrisescensLempke, 1961
  • Lithosia complana f. pallidavan Wisselingh, 1961
  • Lithosia complana f. flavaLempke, 1964
  • Eilema angustialaBryk, [1949] 1948

Manulea complana, the scarce footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region.

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Larva

Technical description and variation

The wingspan is 28–35 mm. It is very like Eilema morosinum (Herrich-Schäffer, [1847]) but the forewing not so elongate, and the angles not so accentuated, the costal streak broader and brighter yellow, the hindwing duller, not so transparent; the apex of the abdomen brighter yellow. On the underside the disc is very blackish iron grey, and contrasts vividly with the orange-yellow costa and the broad pale yellow marginal area. Hindwing beneath pale yellow, the costa deeper yellow; below costa a grey streak from the base. [2]

Biology

The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.

Larva blackish dorsally, with narrow lighter lines; subdorsal lines composed of small reddish yellow and white spots; lateral line interrupted, reddish yellow. The larvae feed on lichen and mosses, but also leaves of low growing plants on occasion.

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References

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  2. Seitz, E. in Seitz, A. Ed. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 2: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 1912-1913