Enargia paleacea

Enargia paleacea, the angle-striped sallow, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm from Ireland to Siberia [1] East to Japan.

Male
Female

Enargia paleacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Enargia
Species:
E. paleacea
Binomial name
Enargia paleacea
(Esper, 1788)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena paleacea
  • Noctua paleacea
  • Noctua angulago
  • Noctua fulvago

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

The wingspan is 40–60 mm. Forewing pale yellowish ochreous, dusted with rufous; the female deeper yellow than the male; inner and outer lines fine, reddish brown; median shade reddish-brown, more diffuse, angulated: subterminal line hardly marked; orbicular and reniform stigmata outlined with reddish brown, the lower lobe of reniform filled up with grey; a series of dark terminal spots; hindwing whitish yellow: ab. angulago Haw. is deep orange instead of pale yellow: teichi Krul. occurring in Germany and W. Russia has the space, between inner and outer lines or between median and submarginal suffused with reddish grey or brown.[2]

Biology

The moth flies from June to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on birch and sometimes Populus tremula.

References
  1. Colour Atlas of Siberian Lepidoptera
  2. 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


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