Drymonia ruficornis
Drymonia ruficornis, the lunar marbled brown, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Central and Southern Europe and Anatolia.
Caterpillar
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| Species: | D. ruficornis |
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| Drymonia ruficornis (Hufnagel, 1766) | |
The wingspan is 35–40 mm. The fore wings are dark fuscous, almost blackish, with a short white line near the base; the central third is white clouded with the ground colour and limited by white edged black wavy lines. There is a black crescent just above the centre of the wing. Hind wings smoky grey with a pale curved line. Drymonia dodonaea is very similar.
The moth flies from April to June depending on the location.
Further reading
- South R. (1907) The Moths of the British Isles, (First Series), Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 359 pp. online (as chaonia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775))
External links
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- Lunar marbled brown on UKmoths
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- Vlindernet (in Dutch)
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