Pseudeustrotia candidula
Encyclopedia
The Shining Marbled is a moth
of the family Noctuidae
. The species can be found from Europe
to Japan
.
The wingspan
is ca. 22 mm. The moths flies from May to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various plants, including Rumex acetosella
and Polygonum bistorta.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the family Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
. The species can be found from Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is ca. 22 mm. The moths flies from May to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various plants, including Rumex acetosella
Rumex acetosella
Rumex acetosella is a species of sorrel, also known as Acetosella vulgaris Fourr, bearing the common names sheep's sorrel, red sorrel, sour weed, and field sorrel. The plant and its subspecies are common perennial weeds. It has green arrowhead-shaped leaves and red-tinted deeply ridged stems, and...
and Polygonum bistorta.
External links
- European Butterflies von Chris Jonko
- www.lepiforum.de
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- Naturkundliches Informationsystem von Marion Kurz, Christof Zeller und Michael Kurz
- www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de
- Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
- Fauna Europaea