- Pheosia gnoma
Taxobox
name = Lesser Swallow Prominent
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Notodontidae
genus = "Pheosia "
species = "P. gnoma"
binomial = "Pheosia gnoma"
binomial_authority = Fabricius, 1776The Lesser Swallow Prominent ("Pheosia gnoma") is a
moth from the familyNotodontidae .The moth can be found in selected parts of
Eurasia . It has a forward wing length of 20–26 mm. The moth survives winter as apupa underground.The
imago can be easily mistaken with "Pheosia tremula ". Except the latter is bigger and the white figure at the back of the forward wing is smaller with "Pheosia tremula".The host plant of the Lesser Swallow Prominent is the
birch .
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