Eriopygodes imbecilla

Eriopygodes imbecilla
Eriopygodes imbecilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Eriopygodes
Species: E. imbecilla
Binomial name
Eriopygodes imbecilla
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Eriopygodes imbecillus (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Lasionycta imbecilla (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Noctua imbecilla Fabricius, 1794

Eriopygodes imbecilla, common name the Silurian, is a moth of the Noctuidae family.[1][2]

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe.[3][4]

Habitat

This species commonly lives on gullies and hollows in high moorland areas with host plants.[5]

Description

The wingspan is 24–27 mm.[6][7] The color of these small moths may vary from tawny to reddish brown. Forewings usually show a pale kidney mark and two wavy cross lines, but often these markings are quite indistinct. Usually females are darker or chocolate brown and smaller than the males.[5] The rear wings are often pale greyish.

Biology

Adults fly from June to July.[5] Larvae are polyphagous on low plants, mainly feeding on bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), heath bedstraw (Galium saxatile),[5] Knautia and Lamium.[4][8]

References

  1. ↑ Biolib
  2. ↑ Catalogue of life
  3. ↑ Fauna europaea
  4. 1 2 Funet
  5. 1 2 3 4 Butterfly Conservation
  6. ↑ Natural History Museum
  7. ↑ The Moths of Suffolk
  8. ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa


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