Common fan-foot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pechipogo
Species:
P. strigilata
Binomial name
Pechipogo strigilata
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 was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found throughout Europe to the Urals then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, Amur, Ussuri, Korea and Japan.[1][2][3]

Technical description and variation

The wingspan is 30–35 millimetres (1.2–1.4 in).[2] Its forewings are 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.[4]

Figs. 6 larva after hibernation on birch catkins 6a enlargement of two segments

Biology

The moth flies from late May until early July.

Larvae are 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]

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (20 April 2020). "Polypogon strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 Gustafsson, Bert (13 June 2012). "Pechipogo strigilata". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Wall, Mike. "72.056 [B&F: 2488] Common Fan-foot (Pechipogo strigilata) (Linnaeus, 1758)". Hantsmoths. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Wikisource:The Moths of the British Isles Second Series/Chapter 5#91
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