Acontia lucida

Acontia lucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acontia
Species: A. lucida
Binomial name
Acontia lucida
(Hufnagel, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena lucida Hufnagel, 1766
  • Noctua solaris [Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Noctua albicollis Fabricius, 1781
  • Phalaena Noctua rupicola Borkhausen, 1792
  • Noctua insolatrix Hübner, [1822]
  • Acontia triradiata Walker, [1858]
  • Acontia lucida var. triangulum Costa, 1882
  • Acontia lucida var. lugens Alpheraky, 1889
  • Acontia lucida f. mediofasciata Stauder, 1923
  • Tarache (Acontia) lucida var. heliodora Schawerda, 1924

The Pale Shoulder (Acontia lucida) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to Turkey, Iran and India. It has also been recorded from Algeria. It is a rare migrant to the south coast of Great Britain.

The wingspan is 26–30 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations.

The larvae feed on Althaea officinalis, Convolvulus, Chenopodium and Taraxacum.

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