Zanclognatha lunalis

Last updated

Zanclognatha lunalis
Zanclognatha lunalis.jpg
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Zanclognatha
Species:
Z. lunalis
Binomial name
Zanclognatha lunalis

Zanclognatha lunalis, the jubilee fan-foot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica . It can be found across the Palearctic realm (Europe to the Russian Far East and Japan). [1]

Contents

Technical description and variation

as Z. tarsiplumalis Hbn. [synonym]. Forewing grey brown with a faint purplish tinge and outer lines dark brown, fine and faint; the inner bent on each fold, vertical in the main; the outer widely excurved and irregularly crenulate beyond cell, insinuate on submedian fold; subterminal line stronger, oblique from before apex and straight, outwardly edged by whitish; a conspicuous slender brown lunule at end of cell; terminal line dark, edged with a bright white line at base of fringe; hindwing with outer and subterminal lines marked on inner marginal half of wing. Larva reddish yellow; the segmental incisions paler: dorsal line red brown; three subdorsal, irregularly crenulate or hidden in blotches, finer, parallel, pale reddish lines; beneath the black spiracles a double irregularly crenulate lateral line. [2]

The wingspan is 32–36 millimetres (1.3–1.4 in).

Biology

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

The larvae feed on dried leaves.

Related Research Articles

<i>Apamea monoglypha</i> Species of moth

Apamea monoglypha, the dark arches, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is a common, sometimes abundant, European species. It is found in most of Europe except northernmost Fennoscandia and the southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Greece. The species is also found in Anatolia, Turkestan, Western Asia and Central Asia, Siberia and Mongolia. In the Alps it is found up to heights of 2,500 meters. The smaller subspecies sardoa is found on Sardinia and Corsica.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marbled minor</span> Species of moth

The marbled minor is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is distributed throughout Europe, east through the Palearctic to central Asia and the Altai Mountains. It rises to heights of over 1500 meters in the Alps.

<i>Herminia grisealis</i> Species of moth

Herminia grisealis, the small fan-foot, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe. The eastern expansion is across the Palearctic to the Ussuri River and after that Japan. In the Alps it rises up to a height of 1300 meters.

<i>Deltote deceptoria</i> Species of moth

Deltote deceptoria, the pretty marbled, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica. It is found in southern and central Europe.

<i>Emmelia trabealis</i> Species of moth

Emmelia trabealis, the spotted sulphur, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica.

<i>Panemeria tenebrata</i> Species of moth

Panemeria tenebrata, the small yellow underwing, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica. It is found in Europe but is missing in northern Scandinavia, in Portugal, in central and southern Spain, as well as on most Mediterranean islands, except Sicily. In the east, the range extends to the Ural mountains, but the east distribution limits are still insufficiently known. Occurrence in Asia Minor is uncertain, but it is known from Jordan and Israel.

<i>Caradrina clavipalpis</i> Species of moth

Caradrina clavipalpis, the pale mottled willow, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica. It is found in the Palearctic realm. It is an introduced species in North America, where it was first reported from Queens in New York City in 1993. In 2009 it was found in Rochester, New York, so it appears to be established and spreading.

<i>Photedes minima</i> Species of moth

Photedes minima, the small dotted buff, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe.

<i>Zanclognatha tarsipennalis</i> Species of moth

Zanclognatha tarsipennalis, the fan-foot, is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe and east across the Palearctic to Siberia, Amur, Ussuri, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China.

<i>Zanclognatha zelleralis</i> Species of moth

Zanclognatha zelleralis, the dusky fan-foot, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke in 1850. It is found in central and southern Europe.

<i>Callopistria juventina</i> Species of moth

The Latin(Callopistria juventina) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species is found across the Palearctic realm.

<i>Allophyes oxyacanthae</i> Species of moth

Allophyes oxyacanthae, the green-brindled crescent, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in Europe.

<i>Helotropha leucostigma</i> Species of moth

Helotropha leucostigma, the crescent, formerly Celaena leucostigma is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm.

<i>Syngrapha interrogationis</i> Species of moth

Syngrapha interrogationis, the scarce silver Y, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in northern part of the world including Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Europe, Siberia, the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, and Northeast Asia.

<i>Mesapamea secalis</i> Species of moth

Mesapamea secalis, the common rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in Europe, north-west Africa, Turkey and northern Iran.

<i>Cornutiplusia circumflexa</i> Species of moth

The Essex y is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Italy to Greece, southeastern Europe, southwestern Russia, the southern parts of the Ural, Africa, Canary Islands, Arabia, southwestern Asia, Ceylon, from India to Nepal, southeastern China and Japan.

<i>Hyppa rectilinea</i> Species of moth

Hyppa rectilinea, the Saxon, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, but mostly in northern and central Europe. In the south, it is found in scattered populations, mainly in mountainous areas. To the east, its range stretches through northern Asia and eastern Siberia, up to the Pacific Ocean and Japan.

<i>Nycteola revayana</i> Species of moth

Nycteola revayana, the oak nycteoline, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772. It is found from Europe and east across the Palearctic to Japan and India.

<i>Mesoligia literosa</i> Species of moth

Mesoligia literosa, the rosy minor, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found throughout Europe, North Africa and western Asia. and east across the Palearctic to Siberia.

<i>Pechipogo strigilata</i> Species of moth

Pechipogo strigilata, the common fan-foot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found throughout Europe to the Urals then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, Amur, Ussuri, Korea and Japan.

References

  1. "Zanclognatha lunalis (Scopoli, 1763)". Fauna Europaea . 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  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, 1914PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .