Oxytripia orbiculosa

Oxytripia orbiculosa
Oxytripia orbiculosa
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Oxytripia
Species: O. orbiculosa
Binomial name
Oxytripia orbiculosa
(Esper, 1799)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Bombyx) orbiculosa Esper, [1800]
  • Oxytrypia obriculosa var. ussurica Schawerda, 1923
  • Oxytripia noctivolans Pinker, 1980

Oxytripia orbiculosa is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of the Palearctic ecozone.

The wingspan is 31-59 mm. Adults are on wing in October in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Iris species. Young larvae mine while older larvae feed within the Rhizome, where pupation also takes place. Larvae can be found from April to August. The species overwinters as an egg.

Subspecies

  • Oxytripia orbiculosa orbiculosa (Spain to Japan)
  • Oxytripia orbiculosa noctivolans Pinker, 1980 (Asia Minor through Iran and Turkmenistan to the Tian Shan mountains)

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea

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