Atethmia centrago

Atethmia centrago (centre-barred sallow) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe except Scandinavia and Italy; also in Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria and Palestine.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5

Centre-barred sallow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Atethmia
Species:
A. centrago
Binomial name
Atethmia centrago
(Haworth, 1809)

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

The wingspan is 32–36 mm. Forewing deep yellow, with a greyish purple central fascia, terminal area beyond submarginal line of the same colour; the central fascia is edged inwardly by a pale vertical inner line, and outwardly by an obliquely sinuous outer line; the fascia does not reach above the middle except beyond the reniform stigma which is similarly coloured; fringe greyish purple; a small dark spot shows at base of cell; hindwing dull white, becoming yellowish rufous towards termen; the whole forewing is sometimes suffused with purplish, only the two lines showing yellowish and the central fascia darker; the hindwing redder; this is ab. unicolor Stgr.; — pallida Stgr. from Asia Minor is a paler form, reddish or greyish ochreous in the forewing, with the hindwing whiter; — maculifera Stgr. from Syria and Palestine is also a paler but yellowish form, with the reniform stigma large and dark, and the outer pale line more strongly excurved above; the hindwing greyish yellow; the forewing shorter with less produced apex.[1]

The length of the forewings is 15–18 mm. The moth flies in one generation in from August to early October .

The caterpillars mainly feed on ash.[2]

Notes
  1. ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and The Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
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References
  1. 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, 1914
  2. "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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