Lithophane consocia

Lithophane consocia
Lithophane consocia
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lithophane
Species: L. consocia
Binomial name
Lithophane consocia
(Borkhausen, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Noctua) consocia Borkhausen, 1792
  • Xylina ingrica Herrich-Schäffer, [1850]
  • Xylina cinerosa Guenée, 1852
  • Xylina ingrica var. grisea Graeser, 1889
  • Agriopis jezoensis Matsumura, 1931

The Scarce Conformist or Softly's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane consocia) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found throughout northern, central and eastern Europe, east to Siberia. There is a single record from Great Britain, where it was recorded in Hampstead, London, in September 2001..

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The wingspan is 43-48 mm. Adults are on wing from September and overwintering until May.

The larvae feed on Alnus and Corylus.

Subspecies

  • Lithophane consocia consocia (Europe)
  • Lithophane consocia grisea (south-eastern Siberia)

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