Biology:Manulea pygmaeola

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Short description: Species of moth

Pigmy footman
Eilema pygmaeola.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Manulea
Species:
M. pygmaeola
Binomial name
Manulea pygmaeola
(Doubleday, 1847)[1]
Synonyms

Manulea pygmaeola, the pigmy footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the western half of the Palearctic realm, east to Altai.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on various species of lichen on rocks and wooden poles. Larvae are found from August to June. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

  • Manulea pygmaeola pygmaeola
  • Manulea pygmaeola banghaasi (Seitz, 1910) (Asia Minor, Transcaucasia)
  • Manulea pygmaeola pallifrons (Zeller, 1847) (north-western Africa, Europe, Crimea, Caucasus)
  • Manulea pygmaeola saerdabense (Daniel, 1939) (western Kopet Dagh, northern Iran, Mountains of eastern Central Asia)

References

  1. Dubatolov, V. V.; Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?"]. Euroasian Entomological Journal 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII. http://szmn.eco.nsc.ru/vvdubat/pdf/EEJ_10(3)367-379.pdf. 
Eilema pygmaeola (36393097610).jpg

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q171376 entry