Manulea lutarella

Manulea lutarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Eilema
Species:	E. lutarella
Binomial name
Eilema lutarella (Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
Synonyms
Phalaena Tinea lutarellaLinnaeus, 1758 Eilema lutarellum Manulea lutarella Lithosia lutarella Noctua luteola[Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 Phalaena alboflavaRetzius, 1783 Noctua lutosaEsper, 1783 Lithosia luteaFabricius, 1798 Lithosia lutarella var. nigrogriseaPeets, 1908 Eilema lutarella var. postmelanicaStrand in Ulmer, Strand, Horn, 1917 Lithosia lutarella ab. nigrocinctaSpeyer, 1862 Eilema lutarella luquetiLeraut, 2006 Lithosia lutarella dilutaRothschild Eilema lutea

Eilema lutarella is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North Africa through Central Europe up to the area surrounding the Amur River and Sakhalin. In the north, it is found up to Scandinavia, Komi Republic in European Russia, Vitim river in Siberia.

The wingspan is 27–30 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on lichen.

Subspecies

• Eilema lutarella lutarella
• Eilema lutarella luqueti(Leraut, 2006) (France)

References

1. Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal . 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.

External links

• Eilema lutarella on Fauna Europaea
• Eilema lutarella on Lepiforum e.V.
• Eilema lutarella on De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch)
• Eilema lutarellum on Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (in Swedish)