Spaelotis ravida, the stout dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in the Palearctic realm.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Spaelotis |
Species: | S. ravida
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Binomial name | |
Spaelotis ravida (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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The wingspan is about 42–50 mm. Meyrick describes it Antennae in male ciliated. Forewings fuscous, towards costa rosy-tinged an obscure blackish median dash from base ; sub-basal, first, and second lines slightly paler, obscurely darker-edged, distinct on costa ; orbicular and reniform partly outlined with black, sometimes connected by a blackish mark or touching, orbicular rather elongate ; subterminal line pale, anteriorly with somewhat darker suffusion. Hindwings fuscous-whitish, darker posteriorly. Larva ochreous-brown ; dorsal line somewhat paler ; subdorsal series of curved or sometimes nearly straight oblique yellowish marks, edged above with dark fuscous ; head grey, fuscous marked. Adults are on wing from July to August.[1]
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The larvae feed on Artemisia, Cirsium, Rumex, and Taraxacum species.
The species is suspected to have disappeared from the United Kingdom as a resident species during the first decade of the 21st century.[2]
References
edit- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Platt, John R. (7 February 2013). "3 British Moths Extinct; Most Other Species in Decline". Scientific American. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
External links
edit- Kimber, Ian. "73.349 BF2113 Stout Dart Spaelotis ravida ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)". UKMoths. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- Lepidoptera of Sweden