Callopistria latreillei explained

Callopistria latreillei, Latreille's Latin, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species can be found in the Palearctic realm, most parts of Europe, Asia, and in Africa from Egypt to South Africa.[1] The habitat consists of rocky limestone slopes with deciduous woodland.

Technical description and variation

E. latreillei Dup. (= quieta Tr. nec Hbn., roseitelum Walk.) (44 f). Forewing whitish, suffused with pale and dark grey, and in parts with blackish fuscous; inner and outer lines black edged with white; a prominent white spot before inner line on submedian fold; stigmata dark grey, with interrupted pale outlines; the reniform with a white dot beyond lower outer angle; submarginal line powdery white, interrupted by the olive or pinkish veins, and preceded by a pink wedge-shaped mark on vein 6; a lunulate white line close before termen; fringe olive yellow, chequered with white; hindwing fuscous, paler towardsbase in the male. Larva redbrown, with a black dorsal triangle broadly edged with yellow on each segment; lateral lines yellowy with a black spot on each segment.[2] The wingspan is about .

Biology

There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to October.[3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ceterach officinarum, Cochlearia species and Adiantum capillus-veneris.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . 2017 . Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827) . Afromoths . November 17, 2017.
  2. [William Warren (entomologist)|Warren. W.]
  3. https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=2309 UKMoths
  4. http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/CalloLatre.htm Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa