Drymonia obliterata, the indistinct marbled brown, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor and Armenia.
Indistinct marbled brown | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Drymonia |
Species: | D. obliterata
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Binomial name | |
Drymonia obliterata (Esper, 1785)
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Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is 30–40 mm. The moth flies from May to July and in warmer regions also from August to September.
Subspecies
editThere are two recognised subspecies:
- Drymonia obliterata obliterata
- Drymonia obliterata esmera
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Drymonia obliterata.
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- BioLib
- Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2017-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Lepiforum.de