Lacanobia blenna, the stranger, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1824. It is found in southern Europe, east to Turkmenistan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Lacanobia |
| Species: | L. blenna
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| Lacanobia blenna (Hübner, 1824)
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Technical description and variation
editThe wingspan is 36–44 mm. Forewing greyish ochreous, the median area tinged with brownish or fuscous; claviform stigma indistinct, black-edged, followed by a pale patch at base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform pale, partly black-edged, the lower lobe of the latter dark; submarginal line pale, with brown on each side of it, dentate to margin along veins 3 and 4; costa and apex pale; hindwing dull whitish, browner towards termen; the veins dark. Larva yellow, dotted with brown, especially on dorsal areathe brown dots ringed with pale, forming dorsal and subdorsal lines; lateral and spiracular lines yellow.[1]
Biology
editThe moth flies from May to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on sea beet and Salsola kali.
References
edit- ^ 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
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External links
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- Kimber, Ian. "73.269 BF2161 The Stranger Lacanobia blenna (Hübner, [1824])". UKMoths. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- "73.269 [B&F: 2161] Stranger (Lacanobia blenna) (Hübner, [1824])". Hantsmoths.
- Savela, Markku. "Lacanobia blenna (Hübner, [1824])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- Lepiforum e.V.