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Abrostola asclepiadis

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Abrostola asclepiadis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Abrostola
Species:
A. asclepiadis
Binomial name
Abrostola asclepiadis
Synonyms
  • Noctua asclepiadis
  • Abrostola asclepiadis var. jagowi
  • Abrostola asclepiades[sic] pardoi

Abrostola asclepiadis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in South and Central Europe as far north as Finland and Sweden, Asia Minor and the Caucasus.[1]

Technical description and variation

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A. asclepiadis Schiff. Scarcely distinguishable in the imago state from triplasia L., but differing altogether in the larva; this is bluish white, tinged with green on the thoracic segments, dotted with black; the dorsal tubercles large; lateral stripe broadly yellow; on each segment above it a large black dot, beneath it two large black dots and several smaller ones; head greenish yellow, with black dots: in the ab. jagowi Bartel from the Engadine, the basal area is not tinged with pink and is without dark markings.[2] The wingspan is 30–40 mm.

Biology

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Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, which contains toxic alkaloids and is unpalatable to most generalist herbivores.

References

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  1. ^ Barry Goater, Lázló Ronkay, Michael Fibiger: Catocalinae & Plusiinae. In: Martin Honey, Michael Fibiger : Noctuidae Europaeae. Band 10. Entomological Press, Sorø 2003, ISBN 87-89430-08-5
  2. ^ Warren. W. in 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, 1914Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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