Abrostola tripartita

Abrostola tripartita (the spectacle) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout much of the Palearctic ecozone including all Europe, Russia, Siberia Amur, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

Abrostola tripartita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Abrostola
Species:
A. tripartita
Binomial name
Abrostola tripartita
(Hufnagel, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena tripartita
  • Noctua urticae

Description

From South (1907) "This species, has the basal and outer marginal areas of the fore wings whitish grey, finely mottled with darker grey ; the central area is greyish brown, mottled with darker brown. The spectacle mark in front of the thorax is whitish grey, ringed with black, and the raised scales on the cross lines and central area of the fore wings are more distinct in this species" [than in Abrostola triplasia][1][2]

The larvae feed on Urtica species.[3]

  • Spectacles of spectacle
  • Larva
  • Pupa

References
  1. South R. (1907) The Moths of the British Isles, (First Series), Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 359 pp.
  2. John Heath and A., 1983 Maitland Emmet The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 10 (Noctuidae – Cuculliinae to Hypeninae, and Agaristidae)
  3. "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".
  • Barry Goater, Lázló Ronkay & Michael Fibiger: Catocalinae & Plusiinae. In: Martin Honey & Michael Fibiger (Hrsg.): Noctuidae Europaeae. Band 10, Entomological Press, Sorø 2003, ISBN 87-89430-08-5.


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