Dryobotodes eremita

Dryobotodes eremita
Dryobotodes eremita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Dryobotodes
Species: D. eremita
Binomial name
Dryobotodes eremita
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua eremita Fabricius, 1775
  • Noctua seladonia Fabricius, 1794
  • Dryobota protea var. corsica Spuler, 1908
  • Dryobotodes protea f. dejecta Warren, 1910
  • Dryobotodes protea f. grisea Warren, 1910
  • Noctua protea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

The Brindled Green (Dryobotodes eremita) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to Turkey.

Larva

The wingspan is 32-39 mm. Adults are on wing in August and September. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, initially on the buds and later on the leaves.

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