Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Family Noctuidae Scientific name Perigrapha munda Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Perigrapha Higher classification Perigrapha | |
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Similar Common Quaker, Orthosia incerta, Hebrew character, Orthosia cruda, Butterflies and moths | ||
The twin-spotted Quaker (Perigrapha munda) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. The wings are gray, with two closely approximate and very conspicuous dark spots on the disc of the fore wings. a small dark apical mark at the costal edge and a discal spot on the fuscous hindwings. It is found in Palearctic ecozone (All Europe (absent only in the North and in the South), Russia, Asia as far east as Japan).
Contents
The wingspan is 38–44 mm. The moth flies from March to May depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Oak, Willow, Populus tremula, Fraxinus excelsior, Acer campestre, Humulus lupulus and Honeysuckle.
The nectar-feeding adults visit sallow blossom.
Variation
Perigrapha munda is variable both in colour and markings and there are many named forms. The forewing colouration is from light ochreous brown through to dark ochreous. The stigmata are not well defined and the subterminal line is often faint and reduced to two black median dots. The crosslines are not always well defined in darker forms. The discal spot in the hindwings area is not always clearly defined.There is an isolated subspecies on Taiwan
Habitat
Wooded places- deciduous forests, bushy hedgerows and in gardens and parkland.In the Alps up to a height of maximum 1200 meters.