Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Abrostola
Species:	A. tripartita
Binomial name
	Abrostola tripartita; (Hufnagel, 1766)
Synonyms
	Phalaena tripartita; Noctua urticae;

Abrostola tripartita (the spectacle) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout much of the Palearctic realm including all Europe (except for Iceland),^[1] Russia, Siberia Amur, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.

Description

From South (1907)^{[needs update]} "This species, has the basal and outer marginal areas of the fore wings whitish grey, finely mottled with darker grey; the central area is greyish brown, mottled with darker brown. The spectacle mark in front of the thorax is whitish grey, ringed with black, and the raised scales on the cross lines and central area of the fore wings are more distinct in this species" [than in Abrostola triplasia]^[2]^[3]

The larvae feed on Urtica species.^[4]

Gallery

Spectacles of spectacle
Larva
Abrostola tripartita larva attacked by Picromerus bidens
Pupa

References

^ "Abrostola tripartita". gdoremi.altervista.org. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
^ South R. (1907) The Moths of the British Isles, (First Series), Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 359 pp.
^ John Heath and A., 1983 Maitland Emmet The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 10 (Noctuidae – Cuculliinae to Hypeninae, and Agaristidae)
^ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS – A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London".

Barry Goater, Lázló Ronkay & Michael Fibiger: Catocalinae & Plusiinae. In: Martin Honey & Michael Fibiger (Hrsg.): Noctuidae Europaeae. Band 10, Entomological Press, Sorø 2003, ISBN 87-89430-08-5.

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[1] "Abrostola tripartita". gdoremi.altervista.org. Retrieved 2022-11-30.

[2] South R. (1907) The Moths of the British Isles, (First Series), Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 359 pp.

[3] John Heath and A., 1983 Maitland Emmet The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 10 (Noctuidae – Cuculliinae to Hypeninae, and Agaristidae)

[4] "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS – A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London".

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