Manulea pygmaeola

Manulea pygmaeola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Manulea
Species: M. pygmaeola
Binomial name
Manulea pygmaeola
(Doubleday, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithosia pygmaeola Doubleday, 1847
  • Eilema pygmaeolum
  • Eilema pygmaeola
  • Lithosia pallifrons Zeller, 1847
  • Lithosia marcida Mann, 1859
  • Lithosia pallifrons saerdabensis Daniel, 1939
  • Lithosia pallifrons peluri Daniel, 1939
  • Lithosia pallifrons ab. grisea Fuchs, 1903
  • Eilema naneola Ragusa, 1889
  • Lithosia pygmaeola f. obscura Lempke, 1961
  • Lithosia pallifrons f. sericeola Kanerva, 1935

The Pigmy Footman (Manulea pygmaeola) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the western half of the Palearctic ecozone, east to Altai.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on various lichen species on rocks and wooden poles. Larvae are found from August to June. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

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.
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