Micronola wadicola

Micronola wadicola
Micronola wadicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micronoctuidae
Genus: Micronola
Species: M. wadicola
Binomial name
Micronola wadicola
Amsel, 1935

Micronola wadicola is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Jordan, south-western Iran, south-western Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen.

The wingspan is 9-13 mm. The head, patagia and first part of the thorax are grey. The posterior part of the thorax and the ground colour of the forewings (including fringes) is beige. The crosslines are black. The hindwings are whitish beige and the abdomen is beige (although the anal tuft in the female is bright yellow). The underside is unicolourous whitish beige. There is no discal spot on the hindwing.

The habitats consists of warm, dry areas in desertlike open grassland with herbaceous plants and rocky biotopes with scattered trees. Adults are on wing at night and have been observed in all months except June, August, September and December. There are probably multiple generations per year.

The larval host plants are unknown, but they possibly feed on fungus species. The larvae are very narrow, transparent and have a large head.

References

  • Fibiger, M. 2011: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. Preview
This Micronoctuidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.