Earias clorana

Earias clorana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Earias
Species:
E. clorana
Binomial name
Earias clorana
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena clorana

Earias clorana, the cream-bordered green pea, is a moth of the family Nolidae. It is found in most of Europe eastwards across the Palearctic to the Urals and Western Siberia.

Technical description and variation

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Earis chlorana L. (= viride Retz.) Forewing pale green; the costa white to beyond middle, the edge towards base brownish; hindwing white; the termen and fringe faintly greenish above vein 2; in the ab. flavimargo de Joan., from Brittany, the fringe is yellowish at base, brown in the middle, and white at the tips; ab. hemixantha de Joan, has the terminal area, except at costa, suffused with orange yellow. Larva whitish mottled with grey; the lines rusty grey, darker in places; pairs of somewhat pointed tubercles on segments 3, 4, 6, and 12; head pale green with black marks.[1] [2] The wingspan is 16–20 mm.

Biology

The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

Figs. 3 larva after final moult 3a cocoon
Habitat, Germany

The larvae feed on various willow species – Salix (British Isles, Finland, Europe), Salix aurita (Finland), Salix caprea (Finland), Salix cinerea (Finland), Salix lapponum (Finland), Salix purpurea (Finland), Salix repens (British Isles), Salix viminalis (British Isles) polyphagous (Sweden, Europe) [3] spinning together the topmost leaves of the shoots and pupating in a boat shaped cocoon.

References

  1. ^ Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Michael Fibiger, László Ronkay, Axel Steiner & Alberto Zilli,, Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 11 Pantheinae, Dilobinae, Acronictinae, Eustrotiinae, Nolinae, Bagisarinae, Acontiinae, Metoponiinae, Heliothinae and Bryophilinae. 504 S., Entomological Press, Sorø 2009 ISBN 978-87-89430-14-0
  3. ^ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London".

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