Figure of Eighty

Tethea ocularis
Figure of Eighty
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Tethea
Species: T. ocularis
Binomial name
Tethea ocularis
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena ocularis Linnaeus, 1767
  • Phalaena octogesimea Hübner, 1786
  • Tethea octogena (Esper, 1788)
  • Cymalophora octogesima var. caucasica Krulikowsky, 1901
  • Tethea ocularis caucasica Werny, 1966
  • Tethea ocularis kosswigi Werny, 1966
  • Tethea ocularis sareptensis Zolotuhin, 1997
  • Tethea ocularis tsinlingensis Werny, 1966
  • Cylamophora osthelderi Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937
  • Tethea caspica Ebert, 1976

The Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis) is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It is found throughout continental Europe and has a scattered distribution in England and Wales, although it is absent from Scotland and Ireland.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5

The wingspan is 35–45 mm, the dark brown forewings being marked with dark-centred white stigmata which do look rather like the number 80. The hindwings are grey. The species flies from May to July and is attracted to light and sugar.

The grey and white larva feeds on poplar and aspen. The species overwinters as a pupa.

Subspecies

  1. ^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.

References

Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)

Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984


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