The wingspan is 20–23 mm (0.79-0.92 in). The forewings are black; a large round white subdorsal spot before middle, and a second in disc beyond middle; sometimes a white dot above first; cilia white towards tips. Hindwings as forewings, but without the white dot. The larva is ochreous-whitish; dorsal line deep green; subdorsal and lateral green; spiracular whitish-green; dots green; head whitish-brown.[1]
Figs 4, 4a, 4b larvae after final moult 4c enlargement of two segments 4 under a lowermost leaf of Solidago virgaurea.
Behavioredit
The adults have a tendency to quickly hide behind leaves.[2]
The moth flies from May to September, June and July being the most active in their flight season.
^Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^"White-spotted Sable Moth - Anania funebris". North American Insects & Spiders. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
anania, funebris, white, spotted, sable, species, diurnal, dayflying, moth, family, crambidae, found, many, countries, such, europe, siberia, northern, parts, east, north, america, white, spotted, sablescientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animal. Anania funebris the white spotted sable is a species of diurnal dayflying moth of the family Crambidae It is found in many countries such as Europe Siberia the Northern parts of the Far East and North America White spotted sableScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily CrambidaeGenus AnaniaSpecies A funebrisBinomial nameAnania funebris Strom 1768 SynonymsPhalaena Geometra funebris Strom 1768 Ennychia octomaculalis Treitschke 1929 Geometra funeraria Muller 1774 Anania funebris glomeralis Walker 1859 Phalaena Geometra octomaculata Linnaeus 1771 Ennychia assimilis Butler 1879 Ennychia astrifera Butler 1879 Noctua trigutta Esper 1791 Phalaena atralis Fabricius 1775 Pionea funebris f reducta Weber 1945 Pyralis guttalis Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 Anania funebris sabaudialis Leraut 1996 Contents 1 Description 2 Behavior 3 Diet 4 References 5 External linksDescription editThe wingspan is 20 23 mm 0 79 0 92 in The forewings are black a large round white subdorsal spot before middle and a second in disc beyond middle sometimes a white dot above first cilia white towards tips Hindwings as forewings but without the white dot The larva is ochreous whitish dorsal line deep green subdorsal and lateral green spiracular whitish green dots green head whitish brown 1 nbsp Figs 4 4a 4b larvae after final moult 4c enlargement of two segments 4 under a lowermost leaf of Solidago virgaurea Behavior editThe adults have a tendency to quickly hide behind leaves 2 The moth flies from May to September June and July being the most active in their flight season Diet editThe larvae feed on leaves of Goldenrod Solidago such as Solidago virgaurea It occasionally feeds on Dyer s Greenweed Genista tinctoria 3 References edit Meyrick E 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan London pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Keys and description White spotted Sable Moth Anania funebris North American Insects amp Spiders Retrieved 2023 06 06 White spotted Sable butterfly conservation org Retrieved 2023 06 06 External links editUK Moths Lepidoptera of Belgium permanent dead link Microlepidoptera nl in Dutch This Anania article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anania funebris amp oldid 1163576719, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
