Acontia lucida

Acontia lucida
Acontia lucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acontia
Species: A. lucida
Binomial name
Acontia lucida
(Hufnagel, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena lucida Hufnagel, 1766
  • Noctua solaris [Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Noctua albicollis Fabricius, 1781
  • Phalaena Noctua rupicola Borkhausen, 1792
  • Noctua insolatrix Hübner, [1822]
  • Acontia triradiata Walker, [1858]
  • Acontia lucida var. triangulum Costa, 1882
  • Acontia lucida var. lugens Alpheraky, 1889
  • Acontia lucida f. mediofasciata Stauder, 1923
  • Tarache (Acontia) lucida var. heliodora Schawerda, 1924

The Pale Shoulder (Acontia lucida) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to Turkey, Iran and India. It has also been recorded from Algeria. It is a rare migrant to the south coast of Great Britain.

The wingspan is 26-30 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations.

The larvae feed on Althaea officinalis, Convolvulus, Chenopodium and Taraxacum.

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