Manulea complana

Manulea complana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Manulea
Species: M. complana
Binomial name
Manulea complana
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena complana Linnaeus, 1758
  • ochrocephala Geoffroy, 1785
  • Lithosia complanata Costa, 1833
  • Lithosia sericea Gregson, 1860
  • Lithosia molybdeola Guenée, 1861
  • Crambidia allegheniensis Holland, 1903
  • Lithosia complana balcanica Daniel, 1939
  • Lithosia complana f. postgrisescens Lempke, 1961
  • Lithosia complana f. pallida van Wisselingh, 1961
  • Lithosia complana f. flava Lempke, 1964
  • Eilema angustiala Bryk, [1949] 1948

The scarce footman (Manulea complana) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found throughout the Palearctic Region.

Larva

Technical Description and variation

See glossary for terms used

The wingspan is 28–35 mm. Very like Eilema morosinum (Herrich-Schäffer, [1847]) but the forewing not so elongate, and the angles not so accentuated, the costal streak broader and brighter yellow, the hindwing duller, not so transparent; the apex of the abdomen brighter yellow. On the underside the disc is very blackish iron-grey, and contrasts vividly with the orange-yellow costa and the broad pale yellow marginal area. Hindwing beneath pale yellow, the costa deeper yellow; below costa a grey streak from the base. [2]

Biology

The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.

Larva blackish dorsally, with narrow lighter lines; subdorsal lines composed of small reddish yellow and white spots; lateral line interrupted, reddish yellow. The larvae feed on Lichen and mosses, but also leaves of low growing plants on occasion.

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.
  2. Seitz, E. in Seitz, A. Ed. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 2: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes,Die palaearktischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 1912- 1913
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