Setina flavicans

Setina flavicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Setina
Species: S. flavicans
Binomial name
Setina flavicans
(Geyer, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
  • Bombyx flavicans Geyer, 1836
  • Setina irrorella var. flavicans

Setina flavicans is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in France and on the Iberian Peninsula.

The wingspan is 28–31 mm for males and 20–25 mm for females.[2]

The larvae feed on various lichen species.[3]

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