Drymonia ruficornis
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The Lunar Marbled Brown (Drymonia ruficornis) is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Central and Southern Europe and Anatolia.
The wingspan is 35–40 mm. The fore wings are dark fuscous, almost blackish, with a short white line near the base; the central third is white clouded with the ground colour and limited by white edged black wavy lines. There is a black crescent just above the centre of the wing. Hind wings smoky grey with a pale curved line.Drymonia dodonaea is very similar.
The moth flies from April to June depending on the location.
References
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Further reading
- South R. (1907) The Moths of the British Isles, (First Series), Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 359 pp. online (as chaonia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775))
External links
- Vlindernet (Dutch)
- waarneming.nl (Dutch)
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Lunar Marbled Brown on UKmoths
- Lepiforum.de
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