Pechipogo strigilata

Common fan-foot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Pechipogo
Species: P. strigilata
Binomial name
Pechipogo strigilata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Phalaena (Geometra) strigilata Linnaeus, 1758
[Phalaena] barbalis Clerck, 1759
Phalaena palpalis Fabricius, 1775
Pyralis pectitalis Hübner, 1796
Crambus barbata Haworth, 1809
Crambus palpatus Haworth, 1809
Pechipogon barbalis
Polypogon strigilatus

Pechipogo strigilata, the common fan-foot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe to the Urals then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, Amur, Ussuri, Korea and Japan.[1][2][3][4]

Technical description and variation

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

The wingspan is 30–35 mm.:[2][3][5] Forewing ochreous dusted very densely with yellow brown;a slight dark cell mark; inner and outer lines brownish, more or less parallel, the inner curved in cell, the outer more widely beyond it; subterminal line oblique; hindwing with costal area pale, without markings;a faint outer line; subterminal dark, externally edged with pale.[6]

Habitat. Rome, Italy

Biology

The moth flies from late May until early July.

Larva dull reddish ochreous, with dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral rows of dark freckled diamond-shaped marks; head fuscous. The larvae feed on dead, decaying leaves of oak, alder and birch.[5][7]

References

  1. ↑ Markku Savela. "Polypogon strigilatus". funet.fi. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 Christopher Jonko (2011). "Pechipogo strigilata". lepidoptera.pl. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 Bert Gustafsson (13 June 2012). "Pechipogo strigilata". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Mike Wall. "2488 Common Fan-foot (Pechipogo strigilata)". Hants Moths. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 Ian Kimber. "2488 Common Fan-foot Pechipogo strigilata". UKMoths. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ Wikisource:The Moths of the British Isles Second Series/Chapter 5#91
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