Hydraecia petasitis

Hydraecia petasitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Hydraecia
Species: H. petasitis
Binomial name
Hydraecia petasitis
Synonyms
  • Gortyna vindelica Freyer, 1848
  • Hydroecia micacea viola Bryk, 1949
  • Hydroecia petasitis var. amurensis Staudinger, 1892

The Butterbur (Hydraecia petasitis) is a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found from most of Europe, east to Siberia and Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 44–50 mm. Adults emerge in August and the beginning of September.

The larvae feed on Petasites hybridus from within the stem and later the roots. They can be found from April to the beginning of July.[3]

Subspecies

  • Hydraecia petasitis petasitis (Europe)
  • Hydraecia petasitis amurensis Staudinger, 1892 (southern Siberia, Amur, Japan)

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Hydraecia at funet
  3. ↑ UKmoths


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