Tethea or
Tethea or | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Drepanidae |
Genus: | Tethea |
Species: | T. or |
Binomial name | |
Tethea or (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
Synonyms | |
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The Poplar Lutestring (Tethea or) is a moth of the family Drepanidae. The species can be found in Europe, Northern and Eastern Asia and Japan. The imago resembles Tethea ocularis.
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Other colour variant
The wingspan is 38–43 mm. The moths flies from April to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Willow and Poplar, mainly Populus tremula.
Subspecies
- Tethea or or (Europe to Turkey)
- Tethea or akanensis (Matsumura, 1933) (Japan)
- Tethea or terrosa (Graeser, 1888) (Russia, Korea, Mongolia, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang)
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