Oncocera semirubella

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Oncocera semirubella
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O. semirubella from Eure-et-Loir, France
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Oncocera
Species:
O. semirubella
Binomial name
Oncocera semirubella
(Scopoli, 1763) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena semirubellaScopoli, 1763
  • Oncocera semirubella mediterraneaRoesler, 1980
  • Phalaena carnellaLinnaeus, 1767

Oncocera semirubella, the rosy-striped knot-horn, is a small moth of the family Pyralidae.

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Distribution

It is found in European regions, including the British Isles, [2] and East Asia (e.g. China, [3] Japan, [4] South Korea [5] and Taiwan [6] ).

Description

The wingspan is 26–30 mm. The forewings are light crimson or pink, sometimes much mixed with grey or dark grey, a whitish, greyish-ochreous, or grey costal streak ; a broad ochreous-yellowish dorsal suffusion. Hindwings grey, slightly rosy-tinged. The larva is bronzy-blackish, with ten indistinct greenish lines ; a whitish lateral spot on 3, including a black dot ; head and plate of 2 black : amongst web on Lotus. [7] [8] [9] [2]


The adult moth flies in one generation by the end of June to August. It is easily disturbed on short grassland, flies from dusk onwards, and is attracted to light and sugar. [2]


Biology

The larvae feed on bird's-foot trefoil ( Lotus corniculatus ), white clover, Ononis species, horseshoe vetch and Medicago species.

Notes

  1. ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands; this may vary in other parts of its range.

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