Condica capensis

Condica capensis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found across Africa, the Indian sub-continent and South-East Asia. In Europe, it is only common in southern Spain, but can be found further north.

Condica capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Condica
Species:
C. capensis
Binomial name
Condica capensis
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Apamea capensis Guenée, 1852
  • Perigea capensis

Technical description and variation
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Forewing fuscous on a rufous ground, dusted with grey along costa, below and beyond lower angle of cell, and along termen; the veins dark; inner and outer lines conversely lunulate-dentate, the teeth marked by black and white points, the lunules yellow; subterminal line whitish, dentate, preceded by small tooth shaped black spots; claviform stigma small, outlined in black; orbicular small, constricted in middle, the centre brown and ring pale; reniform with centre yellowish in upper half, white in lower, this lower lobe surrounded with small white dots outlined in black; hindwing dull white, the veins and termen suffused with brown, or wholly brown in female. Larva smooth, pale green, the anal segment humped; a series of purplish brown dorsal and lateral blotches dappled with white; a sublateral series of white dots; pupa greenish, with the segmental incisions reddish. [1] The wingspan is 28–36 mm.

Biology

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Carthamus tinctorius.

References
  1. Warren. W. in 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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