Enargia paleacea

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Enargia paleacea, the angle-striped sallow, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm from Ireland to Siberia[1] East to Japan.

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Male
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Female

Description

Template:Entomology glossary hatnote The wingspan is 40–60 mm. Forewing pale yellowish ochreous, dusted with rufous; the female deeper yellow than the male; inner and outer lines fine, reddish brown; median shade reddish-brown, more diffuse, angulated: subterminal line hardly marked; orbicular and reniform stigmata outlined with reddish brown, the lower lobe of reniform filled up with grey; a series of dark terminal spots; hindwing whitish yellow: ab. angulago Haw. is deep orange instead of pale yellow: teichi Krul. occurring in Germany and W. Russia has the space, between inner and outer lines or between median and submarginal suffused with reddish grey or brown.[2]

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larva

Biology

The moth flies from June to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on birch and sometimes Populus tremula.

References

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  1. Colour Atlas of Siberian Lepidoptera
  2. Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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