Biology:Manulea palliatella

Short description: Species of moth

Manulea palliatella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Manulea
Species:	M. palliatella
Binomial name
Manulea palliatella (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
Eilema palliatellum Eilema palliatella Phalaena palliatella Scopoli, 1763 Lithosia gilveola Ochsenheimer, 1810 Lithosia gilveola Boisduval, 1834 Lithosia vitellina Treitschke, 1834 Lithosia arideola Hering, 1846 Lithosia flaveola Rambur, 1858 Lithosia petereola Guenée, 1861 Lithosia beckeri Guenée, 1861 Lithosia palleola var. arundineola Guenée, 1861 Noctua unita Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Bombyx palleola Hübner, [1808] Ilema sericeoalba Rothschild, 1912 Eilema unita hyrcana Daniel, 1939

Manulea palliatella is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in southern, central and eastern Europe, Asia Minor, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Kazakhstan.

The wingspan is 32–36 mm. The moth flies in August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Trinia glauca and Aster linosyris.

Subspecies

• Manulea palliatella palliatella (southern and central Europe, the Crimea, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia)
• Manulea palliatella hyrcana (Daniel, 1939)
• Manulea palliatella sericeoalba (Rothschild, 1912) (Kopet Dagh, Iran)

External links

• Eilema pseudocomplana on Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Eilema pseudocomplana on Fauna Europaea
• Eilema pseudocomplana on www.lepiforum.de Taxonomy and photos

Wikidata ☰ Q489730 entry