Lithosia quadra

Taxobox
name = Lithosia quadra


image_width = 220px
image_caption = Female
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Macrolepidoptera
superfamilia = Noctuoidea
familia = Arctiidae
subfamilia = Lithosiinae
tribus =
genus = "Lithosia"
species = "L. quadra"
binomial = "Lithosia quadra"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758The Four-spotted Footman "(Lithosia quadra)" is a moth of the family Arctiinae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe up to the Amur River. It is also found in the South of Great Britain and Scandinavia.

The wingspan is 35-55 mm, the males are smaller than the females. There is strong Sexual dimorphism in the Imago, the males have gray wings with a yellow wingjoint and a blue-black stripe at the front of the outer rim of the forewing. The females have yellow wings with two blue-black dots.

It is the biggest species of the subfamily Lithosiinae. The moth flies from June to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Lichen and Algae growing on trees, especially Oak.

External link

* [http://www.vlindernet.nl/?soortcode=LITHQUAD vlindernet nl]
* [http://www.waarneming.nl/soort.php?id=10029 waarneming.nl nl]
* [http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=466 Four-spotted Footman on UKmoths]