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Lycophotia molothina

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This species shows a wingspan of 38–40 mm. The forewings are brown or grey, often tinged with red or blue and marked with a whitish streak at the front part. Orbicular and reniform stigma are grey and well defined. The hindwings are light grey. Lycophotia molothina flies from May to the end of
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is light green with five pale lines. Adult larvae change their colour into dark green, reddish or brown. They feed on
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Michael Fibiger: Noctuidae Europaeae. Vol. 2, Entomological Press, Sorø 1993,
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Lycophotia
Binomial name
Esper
Synonyms
moth
Noctuidae
heathland
larva
Calluna vulgaris
ISBN
87-89430-02-6
Fauna Europaea
Lepiforum.de
Taxon identifiers
Wikidata
Q1543728
54437
BOLD
377762
CoL

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