Pseudoips prasinana

Pseudoips prasinana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Pseudoips
Species: P. prasinana
Binomial name
Pseudoips prasinana
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena prasinana Linnaeus, 1758
  • Pyralis fagana Fabricius, 1781
  • Pyralis sylvana Fabricius, 1794
  • Hylophila fiorii Constantini, 1911
  • Hylophila japonica Warren, 1913
  • Halias quercana
  • Pseudoips fagana

The Green Silver-lines (Pseudoips prasinana) is a moth of the family Nolidae, common in wooded regions, and having a wingspan of 30-35mm. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone (North and Central Europe, Russia, Siberia Korea, Japan).

Caterpillar
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.

In August the larvae feed on Oak, Birch and several other deciduous trees.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS – A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London".

Further reading

  • South R. (1907) The Moths of the British Isles, (First Series), Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 359 pp. online


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