Lacanobia blenna

Lacanobia blenna, the stranger, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1824. It is found in southern Europe, east to Turkmenistan.

Lacanobia blenna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lacanobia
Species:
L. blenna
Binomial name
Lacanobia blenna
(Hübner, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Noctua blenna Hübner, 1824
  • Hadena peregrina Treitschke, 1825
  • Noctua salsolae Rambur, 1829
  • Noctua trimenda Geyer, 1833

Technical description and variation
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

The wingspan is 36–44 mm. Forewing greyish ochreous, the median area tinged with brownish or fuscous; claviform stigma indistinct, black-edged, followed by a pale patch at base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform pale, partly black-edged, the lower lobe of the latter dark; submarginal line pale, with brown on each side of it, dentate to margin along veins 3 and 4; costa and apex pale; hindwing dull whitish, browner towards termen; the veins dark.Larva yellow, dotted with brown, especially on dorsal areathe brown dots ringed with pale, forming dorsal and subdorsal lines; lateral and spiracular lines yellow.[1]

Biology

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

The larvae feed on sea beet and Salsola kali.

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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, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Kimber, Ian. "73.269 BF2161 The Stranger Lacanobia blenna (Hübner, [1824])". UKMoths. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  • "73.269 [B&F: 2161] Stranger (Lacanobia blenna) (Hübner, [1824])". Hantsmoths.
  • Savela, Markku. "Lacanobia blenna (Hübner, [1824])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
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