Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Ipimorpha subtusa | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Caradrinini Rank Species | |
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Similar Ipimorpha retusa, Cosmia pyralina, Oligia fasciuncula, Elaphria venustula, Hoplodrina octogenaria | ||
Ipimorpha subtusa, the olive, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone, (Europe, Russia, Turkey, Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan).
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Technical description and variation
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.
Biology
The moth flies in one generation from mid-June to mid-September [1]. 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. .