Conisania andalusica
| Conisania andalusica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Conisania |
| Species: | C. andalusica |
| Binomial name | |
| Conisania andalusica (Staudinger, 1859)[1] | |
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Conisania andalusica is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It was described by Staudinger in 1859. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, Germany and on the Iberian Peninsula. Outside of Europe, it is found in North Africa.
The wingspan is 35–39 mm for males and 39 mm for females.Forewing dark grey, mixed with ochreous; the two upper stigmata and a patch beneath them beyond claviform palest; hindwing blackish; the antennae of the male are said to bear strongly developed teeth. [Described] from the Sierra Nevada in Spain.[2] Very similar to Conisania luteago and separable only by genitalic characters.
Adults are on wing from June to August.[3]
The larvae feed on Silene species.[4]
Subspecies
- Conisania andalusica andalusica
- Conisania andalusica barrettii (Doubleday, 1864) (Ireland)
- Conisania andalusica zernyi (Draudt, 1934) (Morocco)
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
- ↑ lepidoptera.eu
- ↑ lepinet.fr
- Conisania andalusica in galerie-insecte catalog
- Lepiforum Images and scan of original description.
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