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Epipsilia latens

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Epipsilia latens
Epipsilia latens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Epipsilia
Species:
E. latens
Binomial name
Epipsilia latens
(Hübner, [1809])
Synonyms
  • Noctua latens Hübner, [1809]
  • Epipsilia murina Freyer, 1841
  • Epipsilia latitans Guenée, 1852
  • Epipsilia obscura Schwingenschuss, 1923
  • Rhyacia (Agrotis) latens f. illuminata Turati, 1919
  • Epipsilia apennina Sohn-Rethel, 1929
  • Agrotis grisescens var. hyrcana Staudinger, 1899
  • Epipsilia pontica Draudt, 1936

Epipsilia latens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in central Europe, northern Spain, the Apennines, northern Iran, Turkey, Armenia and the Caucasus.

Technical description and variation

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The wingspan is 33–36 mm. Forewing dingy luteous grey, varying from pale to dark; in pale examples the outer and inner lines are sharply black; stigmata in all cases indistinct; hindwing of female fuscous, of male dull whitish with grey border; the veins and postmedian line grey.[1]

Biology

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Adults are on wing from June to September.

Larva yellowish brown; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale, the latter bordered inwardly by a black line thickened at middle of each segment; lateral line conspicuously black; head yellowish brown, with two dark streaks. The larvae feed on Gramineae species.

Subspecies

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  • Epipsilia latens latens (central Europe, northern Spain)
  • Epipsilia latens illuminata (Apennines)
  • Epipsilia latens hyrcana (northern Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Caucasus)

References

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  1. ^ 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, 1914
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