Manulea cereola

Manulea (Setema) cereola is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Fennoscandia, the Baltic States, European Russia as well as the Alps and Urals. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803.

Manulea cereola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Manulea
Species:
M. cereola
Binomial name
Manulea cereola
(Hübner, 1803)[1]
Synonyms
  • Bombyx cereola Hübner, [1803]
  • Lithosia cinereola Zeller, 1847
  • Ilema cereola
  • Eilema cereola
  • Eilema cereolum
  • Setema cereola

The wingspan is 18–32 mm.

The larvae feed on various lichen species from the genus Parmelia.

References
  1. Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.


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