Manulea lutarella

Manulea lutarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Manulea
Species:	M. lutarella
Binomial name
Manulea lutarella (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena Tinea lutarella Linnaeus, 1758 Eilema lutarellum Eilema lutarella Lithosia lutarella Noctua luteola [Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775 Phalaena alboflava Retzius, 1783 Noctua lutosa Esper, 1783 Lithosia lutea Fabricius, 1798 Lithosia lutarella var. nigrogrisea Peets, 1908 Eilema lutarella var. postmelanica Strand in Ulmer, Strand, Horn, 1917 Lithosia lutarella ab. nigrocincta Speyer, 1862 Eilema lutarella luqueti Leraut, 2006 Lithosia lutarella diluta Rothschild Eilema lutea

Manulea lutarella is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in North Africa through Central Europe up to the area surrounding the Amur River and Sakhalin. In the north, it is found up to Scandinavia, Komi Republic in European Russia, Vitim river in Siberia.

The wingspan is 27–30 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on lichen.

Subspecies

• Manulea lutarella lutarella
• Manulea lutarella luqueti (Leraut, 2006) (France)

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.

External links

• Vlindernet (Dutch)
• Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Swedish)