Zanclognatha zelleralis

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Dusky fan-foot
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Zanclognatha
Species:
Z. zelleralis
Binomial name
Zanclognatha zelleralis
(Wocke, 1850)

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. [1]

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Technical description and variation

as Z. tarsicristalis H.-Sch. [synonym] Forewing greyer, less purple, than tarsiplumalis the subterminal better marked, bordered with dark on both sides; the outer line more dentate; the cell lunule ocellate; the ab. zelleralis Wocke [synonym] from Silesia, has narrower wings with fainter markings. Larva greyish yellow, finely dusted with dark ; dorsal line reddish, swollen laterally at the hinder edge of the segments; the reddish subdorsal shewing on the front halves of each segment; the colour varies from grey to brown with the green of the inside showing through. [2]

The wingspan is 31–36 millimetres (1.2–1.4 in).

Biology

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

The larvae feed on fallen leaves.

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References

  1. "Zanclognatha zelleralis (Wocke, 1850)". Fauna Europaea . 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. 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 .