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Manulea pygmaeola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Manulea pygmaeola

Manulea pygmaeola, the pigmy footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the western half of the Palearctic ecozone, east to Altai.

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on various lichen species on rocks and wooden poles. Larvae are found from August to June. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

  • Manulea pygmaeola pygmaeola
  • Manulea pygmaeola banghaasi (Seitz, 1910) (Asia Minor, Transcaucasia)
  • Manulea pygmaeola pallifrons (Zeller, 1847) (north-western Africa, Europe, Crimea, Caucasus)
  • Manulea pygmaeola saerdabense (Daniel, 1939) (western Kopet Dagh, northern Iran, Mountains of eastern Central Asia)

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