Cleonymia yvanii is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1833. It is found in Portugal, north-eastern Spain, southern France and north-eastern Italy.
Cleonymia yvanii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Cleonymia |
Species: | C. yvanii
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Binomial name | |
Cleonymia yvanii | |
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The wingspan is 18–25 mm.
Description
editAdults are variable in colour, ranging from ochre to greyish brown. Warren (1914) states C. yvanii Dup. (24 f). Much like vaulogeri Stgr.,[Cleonymia vaulogeri (Staudinger, 1899)] the inner and outer lines similarly incurved and connected on submedian fold; orbicular and reniform stigmata very small, with fuscous centres and greyish annuli, separated by a diffuse brown median shade; submarginal line grey, obscure, whitish and oblique at costa; fringe brown in basal half, chequered in outer; hindwing fuscous, the base paler;—korbi Stgr.[ now species Cleonymia korbi] is paler, without the black streak in base of cell of forewing. S. France and Spain. Larva yellowish white, the lateral lines red, the dorsal line dark, interrupted; feeding on seeds of Helianthemum. [2]
Biology
editAdults are on wing from the end of April to mid-July in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Helianthemum species. They can be found in late summer. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit- "Cleonymia yvanii Dup. La Cléophane concave". Lépi'Net. (in French)
- Savela, Markku, ed. (May 12, 2020). "Cleonymia yvanii (Duponchel, 1833)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- "09284 Cleonymia yvanii (Duponchel, 1833)". Lepiforum e. V. Retrieved February 7, 2021. (in German)