Ipimorpha subtusa

Ipimorpha subtusa, the olive, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm (Europe, Russia, Turkey, Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Korea, and Japan).

Ipimorpha subtusa and other Noctuidae

Ipimorpha subtusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Tribe:
Caradrinini
Genus:
Ipimorpha
Species:
I. subtusa
Binomial name
Ipimorpha subtusa

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

The wingspan is 27–30 mm. The length of the forewings is 14–16 mm. Forewing with outcurved termen. Forewing olive grey-brown; inner and outer lines outwards directed, the inner straight, the outer slightly curved, pale yellow; the costal edge also yellow; the median shade obscure; the submarginal line faint, with a dark shade before it; the stigmata with pale margins; hindwing dark grey, with the fringe pale; the ab. pallida Tutt is a colourless pale grey form without any rufous or fuscous admixture.[1]

Biology

The moth flies in one generation from mid-June to mid-September . Larva pale yellowish green; dorsal line broadly, subdorsal narrowly yellowish; spiracular line pale yellow; head yellow marked with black. The larvae feed between the united leaves of aspen and other poplar species.[2]

Notes
  1. ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and The Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.

References
  1. 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
  2. "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. Hosts - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London".


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