Flame Shoulder

Flame Shoulder
Flame Shoulder
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ochropleura
Species: O. plecta
Binomial name
Ochropleura plecta
Linnaeus, 1761
Synonyms
  • Phalaena plecta
  • Ochropleura vicaria
  • Ochropleura plectella

The Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe.

The forewings of this species are reddish brown with a black streak interrupted by white stigmata and a creamy-yellow streak along the costa which gives the species its common name. The hindwings are pure white. The wingspan is 28-34 mm. Two broods are produced each year with adults flying from April to June and again in August and September.[1] It flies at night and is attracted to light and sugar and also to the flowers of ragwort.

The larva, grey with a yellow stripe along each side, feeds on a range of plants (see list below). This species overwinters as a pupa.

Contents

Recorded food plants

Subspecies

Notes

  1. ^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.

References

  • Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
  • Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984

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