Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Hoplodrina octogenaria | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hoplodrina Rank Species | |
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Similar Hoplodrina, Hoplodrina blanda, Hoplodrina ambigua, Caradrina morpheus, Marbled minor | ||
Hoplodrina octogenaria, the uncertain, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone (Europe, Russia, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Siberia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Altai, north Mongolia, North Korea, north China).
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Description
The wingspan is 28–34 mm.The ground colour is rich brown or tawny brown darker in the female The reniform and orbicular spots are darker than the ground colour and outlined in white. The darker than the ground colour median line is usually wide. The name Uncertain refers to its being similar to and confused with Hoplodrina blanda and Hoplodrina ambigua. Certain identification requires dissection of the genitalia.
Biology
The length of the forewings is 14–16 mm. The moth flies in one generation from late May to August. [1].
The larvae feed on Lamium, Primula, Stellaria and Rumex species.
