Chariclea delphinii L. (501). Male forewing purplish pink, paler along outer margin and fringe, deepest in basal area and beyond middle; basal area edged by a pale and pink trilobed line; orbicular stigma ochreous, obscure; reniform large, irregular, edged with brownish purple, attached to the median shade, which with the double postmedian line and space beyond forms an irregular darker band; hindwing dirty ochreous, with fuscous veins and border, the extreme margin pink. Female darker, with a grey suffusion over both wings. — the form darollesi Oberth. (50 .) found in Algeria, Armenia, and W. Turkestan is much paler. — Larva violet grey; dorsal line black edged with yellow; sublateral bands broadly yellow; thoracic plate black, anal plate yellow; the whole body studded with black tubercles.[4] The wingspan is 30–36 millimetres (1.2–1.4 in).
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periphanes, pease, blossom, redirects, here, shakespearean, character, peaseblossom, monotypic, moth, genus, family, noctuidae, first, described, jacob, hübner, 1821, only, species, delphinii, pease, blossom, first, described, carl, linnaeus, 1758, 10th, editi. Pease blossom redirects here For the Shakespearean character see Peaseblossom Periphanes is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae first described by Jacob Hubner in 1821 1 Its only species Periphanes delphinii the pease blossom was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae 2 It can be found from Afghanistan and the steppe areas of Central Asia and Anatolia up to the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea and north western Africa PeriphanesScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraSuperfamily NoctuoideaFamily NoctuidaeSubfamily HeliothinaeGenus PeriphanesHubner 1821Species P delphiniiBinomial namePeriphanes delphinii Linnaeus 1758 SynonymsChariclea Illustration from John Curtis s British Entomology Volume 5Contents 1 Description 2 Technical description and variation 3 Biology 4 References 5 External linksDescription editPair of spines on tibia stout and more crooked where the inner very long Mid and hind tibia spineless Forewings with more or less acute apex 3 Technical description and variation editFor a key to the terms used see Glossary of entomology terms Chariclea delphinii L 501 Male forewing purplish pink paler along outer margin and fringe deepest in basal area and beyond middle basal area edged by a pale and pink trilobed line orbicular stigma ochreous obscure reniform large irregular edged with brownish purple attached to the median shade which with the double postmedian line and space beyond forms an irregular darker band hindwing dirty ochreous with fuscous veins and border the extreme margin pink Female darker with a grey suffusion over both wings the form darollesi Oberth 50 found in Algeria Armenia and W Turkestan is much paler Larva violet grey dorsal line black edged with yellow sublateral bands broadly yellow thoracic plate black anal plate yellow the whole body studded with black tubercles 4 The wingspan is 30 36 millimetres 1 2 1 4 in Biology editThe moths fly from May to June The larvae primarily feed on Delphinium consolida and Aconitum napellus References edit Savela Markku Periphanes Hubner 1821 Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Retrieved January 22 2019 Savela Markku Periphanes delphinii Linnaeus 1758 Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Retrieved January 22 2019 Hampson G F 1894 The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma Moths Volume II Taylor amp Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library 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 1914 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Periphanes Fauna Europaea Lepiforum e V Schmetterlinge Deutschlands de nbsp This Heliothinae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Periphanes amp oldid 1207740017, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
