Pechipogo strigilata, the common fan-foot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found throughout Europe to the Urals then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, Amur, Ussuri, Korea and Japan.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Pechipogo |
| Species: | P. strigilata
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| Pechipogo strigilata | |
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Technical description and variation
editThe wingspan is 30–35 millimetres (1.2–1.4 in).[2] Its forewings are ochreous dusted very densely with yellow brown; a slight dark cell mark; inner and outer lines brownish, more or less parallel, the inner curved in cell, the outer more widely beyond it; subterminal line oblique; hindwing with costal area pale, without markings; a faint outer line; subterminal dark, externally edged with pale.[4]
Biology
editThe moth flies from late May until early July.
Larvae are dull reddish ochreous, with dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral rows of dark freckled diamond-shaped marks; head fuscous. The larvae feed on dead, decaying leaves of oak, alder and birch.[5]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (20 April 2020). "Polypogon strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ a b Gustafsson, Bert (13 June 2012). "Pechipogo strigilata". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ Wall, Mike. "72.056 [B&F: 2488] Common Fan-foot (Pechipogo strigilata) (Linnaeus, 1758)". Hantsmoths. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wikisource:The Moths of the British Isles Second Series/Chapter 5#91
External links
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- Kimber, Ian. "72.056 BF2488 Common Fan-foot Pechipogo strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758)". UKMoths. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- "Pechipogo strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- "08852 Pechipogo strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Bart-Spannereule". Lepiforum e. V. Retrieved 11 July 2020. (in German)
- "Baardsnuituil Pechipogo strigilata". De Vlinderstichting. Retrieved 11 July 2020. (in Dutch)
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