Species of false owlet moth
Tethea or
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Tethea
Species:
T. or
Binomial name
Tethea or
Synonyms
Noctua or Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Noctua ypsilon-graecum Goeze, 1781
Noctua gamma-graecum Retzius, 1783
Noctua consobrina Borkhausen, 1790
Noctua octogena Esper, 1791
Phalaena (Noctua ) gemina Beckwith, 1794
Tethea flavicornis Aurivillius, 1888
Palimpsestis or hela Rangnow, 1935
Tethea or nigrescens Werny, 1966
Palimpsestis rufa Houlbert, 1921
Cymatophora intermedia Houlbert, 1921
Palimpsestis kurilensis Matsumura, 1929
Palimpsestis akanensis koreibia Bryk, 1948
Tethea or , the poplar lutestring , is a moth of the family Drepanidae . It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. The species can be found in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and Japan . The imago resembles Tethea ocularis .
The wingspan is 38–43 mm. The moths flies from April to August depending on the location.
Figs 6, 6a larvae after final moult 6b pupa
The larvae feed on willow and poplar , mainly Populus tremula .
Tethea or or (Europe to Turkey)
Tethea or akanensis (Matsumura, 1933) (Japan)
Tethea or terrosa (Graeser, 1888) (Russia, Korea, Mongolia, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang)
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