Manulea lutarella

Manulea lutarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Manulea
Species: M. lutarella
Binomial name
Manulea lutarella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Tinea lutarella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Eilema lutarellum
  • Eilema lutarella
  • Lithosia lutarella
  • Noctua luteola [Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Phalaena alboflava Retzius, 1783
  • Noctua lutosa Esper, 1783
  • Lithosia lutea Fabricius, 1798
  • Lithosia lutarella var. nigrogrisea Peets, 1908
  • Eilema lutarella var. postmelanica Strand in Ulmer, Strand, Horn, 1917
  • Lithosia lutarella ab. nigrocincta Speyer, 1862
  • Eilema lutarella luqueti Leraut, 2006
  • Lithosia lutarella diluta Rothschild
  • Eilema lutea

Manulea lutarella is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in North Africa through Central Europe up to the area surrounding the Amur River and Sakhalin. In the north, it is found up to Scandinavia, Komi Republic in European Russia, Vitim river in Siberia.

The wingspan is 27–30 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on lichen.

Subspecies

  • Manulea lutarella lutarella
  • Manulea lutarella luqueti (Leraut, 2006) (France)

References

  1. ↑ Dubatolov, V. V. & V. V. Zolotuhin. (2011). Does Eilema Hübner, (1819) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera? Euroasian Entomological Journal 10(3) 367-79, 380, col. plate VII.


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