Chelis maculosa
Chelis maculosa Speckled Pellicle[1] is a tiger moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe up to Hungary, in eastern direction it occurs through Ukraine, Southern Russia, Kazakhstan to north-western regions of Chinese Xinjiang.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Chelis |
Species: | C. maculosa |
Binomial name | |
Chelis maculosa (Gerning, 1780) | |
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The wingspan is 32–34 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Galium verum and at times also other Galium species.
Subspecies
- Chelis maculosa maculosa
- Chelis maculosa arragonensis (Staudinger, 1894)
- Chelis maculosa honesta (Tauscher, 1806)
- Chelis maculosa stertzi (Schulz, 1902)
References
- "Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa". www.leps.it. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
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