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Chelis maculosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Genus
  
Chelis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Erebidae

Scientific name
  
Chelis maculosa

Rank
  
Species

Chelis maculosa European Lepidoptera and their ecology Chelis maculosa

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Spiris striata, Cymbalophora pudica, Spilosoma urticae, Ocnogyna

Chelis maculosa is a tiger moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe up to Hungary, in eastern direction it occurs through Ukraine, Southern Russia, Kazakhstan to north-western regions of Chinese Xinjiang.

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The wingspan is 32–34 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Galium verum and at times also other Galium species.

Subspecies

  • Chelis maculosa maculosa
  • Chelis maculosa arragonensis (Staudinger, 1894)
  • Chelis maculosa honesta (Tauscher, 1806)
  • Chelis maculosa stertzi (Schulz, 1902)

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    Chelis maculosa Bestimmungshilfe des Lepiforums Chelis Maculosa

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    References

    Chelis maculosa Wikipedia
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