Collita griseola

Dingy footman
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Collita
Species:	C. griseola
Binomial name
	Collita griseola; (Hübner, 1803)
Synonyms
	Bombyx griseola Hübner, [1803] ; Eilema griseolum ; Eilema griseola ; Lithosia flava Haworth, 1809 ; Lithosia plumbeolata Stephens, 1829 ; Lithosia stramineola Doubleday, 1847 ; Collita lilacina Moore, 1878 ; Lithosia cinerea Poujade, 1886 ; Lithosia lenta Leech, 1890 ; Lithosia fuscicilia Hampson, 1894 ; Eilema submontana Inoue, 1982 ; Lithosia griseola f. pallida Lempke, 1961 ; Lithosia griseola f. aurantiaca Lempke, 1961 ; Lithosia sachalinensis Matsumura, 1930 ;

Collita griseola, the dingy footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is found in Europe and North and South-East Asia.

The wingspan is 32–40 mm. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on lichen.

This species has shown a spectacular increase in abundance in Britain during the period 1968 to 2007, like a number of moth species with larva that feed on lichens and algae.^[1] In Britain it was originally limited to southern fens and marshy areas, but has since spread northwards and now occupy a variety of habitats, including gardens.^[1]

Subspecies

Collita griseola griseola
Collita griseola sachalinensis (Matsumura, 1930) (Russian Far East)
Collita griseola submontana (Inoue, 1982) (Japan)

References

^ ^a ^b Fox, R. (2013). "The State of Britain's Larger Moths 2013" (PDF). Butterfly Conservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

External links

Kimber, Ian. "72.044 BF2044 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola (Hübner, [1803])". UKMoths. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
Eilema griseola at Lepiforum e.V.

This Lithosiina-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[bc-1] Fox, R. (2013). "The State of Britain's Larger Moths 2013" (PDF). Butterfly Conservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[1]