Parascotia fuliginaria

Parascotia fuliginaria, the waved black, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is natively found in Europe as far east as the Ural Mountains , in Armenia and Asia Minor and is an introduced species in North America.

Parascotia fuliginaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Parascotia
Species:
P. fuliginaria
Binomial name
Parascotia fuliginaria
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
  • Parascotia mineta Franclemont, 1985

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

P.fuliginaria L.Forewing blackish fuscous; lines yellowish ochreous, edged with black; the outer dentate, the subterminal waved ; a black mark at end of cell ; hindwing like forewing; — the ab. flava Horm., from the Bukowina, has in the male quite pale ochreous wings, with two blackish fasciae in middle of wing and almost obsolete terminal spots; the female is pale yellowish brown, with darker dusting, especially in the basal and terminal areas; — ab. carbonaria Esp. is wholly black. Larva black; dorsal stripe white, swollen in places, with a black line in middle; several fine, interrupted, wavy, whitish lateral lines; tubercles large, with long hairs, those on the sides and the hind pair on each dorsal segment orange; head black, with yellow lines. [1] The wingspan is 18–28 mm. The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm.

Biology

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

The larvae feed on various fungis, such as Fomitopsis betulina, and Trametes versicolor and also on lichen.

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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