Zanclognatha tarsipennalis

Fan-foot
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Zanclognatha
Species:	Z. tarsipennalis
Binomial name
Zanclognatha tarsipennalis (Treitschke, 1835)
Synonyms
Herminia tarsipennalis Treitschke, 1835

Zanclognatha tarsipennalis, the fan-foot, is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe and east across the Palearctic to Siberia, Amur, Ussuri, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China.

Technical description and variation

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

The length of the forewings is 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in). Forewing narrower and greyer, less purple, than Polypogon lunalis Scopoli, 1763, sometimes with a yellowish flush; the inner and outer lines nearer together; the subterminal line simple, brown without any shade before, slightly concave outwards; the cell lunule obscurer; hindwing paler grey, the subterminal dark, strongly white-edged externally; the ab. bidentalis Hein. is paler grey, with a faint yellowish or rufous flush, the sub-terminal line of hindwing hardly angled. Larva dull grey; the dorsal line greyish black; tubercles black ringed with yellowish green; spiracles black; head black brown.

Larva (figure 2)

Biology

The moth flies from May to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on fallen leaves of European beech, oak and Rubus.

External links

• Herminia tarsipennalis on UKmoths
• Herminia tarsipennalis on Lepiforum.de
• Herminia tarsipennalis on Vlindernet.nl (in Dutch)