Manulea lutarella

Eilema lutarella is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North Africa through Central Europe up to the area surrounding the Amur River and Sakhalin. In the north, it is found up to Scandinavia, Komi Republic in European Russia, Vitim river in Siberia.

Manulea lutarella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Eilema
Species:	E. lutarella
Binomial name
Eilema lutarella (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena Tinea lutarella Linnaeus, 1758 Eilema lutarellum Manulea lutarella Lithosia lutarella Noctua luteola [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 Phalaena alboflava Retzius, 1783 Noctua lutosa Esper, 1783 Lithosia lutea Fabricius, 1798 Lithosia lutarella var. nigrogrisea Peets, 1908 Eilema lutarella var. postmelanica Strand in Ulmer, Strand, Horn, 1917 Lithosia lutarella ab. nigrocincta Speyer, 1862 Eilema lutarella luqueti Leraut, 2006 Lithosia lutarella diluta Rothschild Eilema lutea

The wingspan is 27–30 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on lichen.

Subspecies

• Eilema lutarella lutarella
• Eilema lutarella luqueti (Leraut, 2006) (France)

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.

External links

• Eilema lutarella on Fauna Europaea
• Eilema lutarella on Lepiforum e.V.
• Eilema lutarella on De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch)
• Eilema lutarellum on Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (in Swedish)