Ipimorpha retusa

Ipimorpha retusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Ipimorpha
Species:	I. retusa
Binomial name
	Ipimorpha retusa; (Linnaeus, 1761)[1]
Synonyms
	Phalaena retusa Linnaeus, 1761; Phalaena vetula Hübner, 1788; Phalaena (Tortrix) merianana Lang, 1789; Phalaena (Noctua) chrysoglossa Beckwith, 1794; Noctua gracilis Haworth, 1809 (preocc. Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775); Cosmia curvata Butler, 1886;

The double kidney (Ipimorpha retusa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of Europe. In the east, the range extends through Turkey, Siberia, Mongolia and China to Korea and Japan. The habitat consists of damp marshy places.

Technical description and variation

I. retusa L. (= vetula Hbn.) (46 h). Forewing olive brown dusted with whitish; inner and outer lines fine, nearly straight, parallel to each other, slightly oblique inwards, and paler edged; subterminal irregular, pale, with a darker shade beyond it; stigmata darker, edged with paler; the reniform on a darker median shade; hindwing fuscous, fringe whitish; — the form gracilis Haw. (= curvata Btlr.) is a redder form. Larva pale green; dorsal line broadly, the two subdorsal slenderly, white; the spiracular line white, waved; head green or dark brown. [2] The wingspan is 28–32 mm.

Biology

Adults are on wing from July to September.

The larvae feed on Salix and Populus species, spinning together the shoots and living between united leaves where it also pupates in a slight shelter. They can be found from May to June. The species overwinters as an egg.

References

Fauna Europaea
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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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] 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.