Gluphisia crenata

Gluphisia crenata, the dusky marbled brown, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1785. It is found in Europe, east over parts of Russia and China up to Japan. It is also found in North America, where it was traditionally treated as a separate species, Gluphisia septentrionis.

Dusky marbled brown
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Gluphisia
Species:
G. crenata
Binomial name
Gluphisia crenata
(Esper, 1785)
Synonyms
List
    • Bombyx crenata Esper, 1785
    • Gluphisia rurea Fabricius, 1787
    • Bombyx crenosa Hubner, 1796
    • Gluphisia crenata danieli Kobes, 1970
    • Gluphisia septentrionis Walker, 1855
    • Dasychira clandestina Walker, 1861
    • Gluphisia trilineata Packard, 1864
    • Gluphisia ridenda Edwards, 1886
    • Gluphisia formosa Edwards, 1886
    • Gluphisia albofascia Edwards, 1886
    • Gluphisia rupta Edwards, 1886
    • Gluphisia quinquelinea Dyar, 1892
    • Gluphisia japonica Wileman, 1911
    • Gluphisia crenata ab. amurensis Grunberg, 1912
    • Gluphisia crenata ab. tartarus Schawerda, 1919
    • Gluphisia crenata ab. vertunea Derenne, 1920
    • Gluphisia crenata ab. infuscata Matsumura, 1924
    • Gluphisia septentrionis f. opaca Barnes & Benjamin, 1927
    • Gluphisia crenata ab. albina Lucas, 1955
    • Gluphisia crenata f. variegata Lempke, 1959

The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The moth flies from April to August in two generations depending on the location.

6, 6a. 6b larvae after last moult

The larvae feed on Populus species, such as P. nigra, P. balsamifera and P. tremula, but also on Salix purpurea.

Subspecies

  • Gluphisia crenata crenata
  • Gluphisia crenosa crenosa (Hubner, 1796)
  • Gluphisia crenata tristis Gaede, 1933 (China: Sichuan)
  • Common Gluphisia Moth (Gluphisia septentrionis)
    Common Gluphisia Moth
    Gluphisia crenata meridionalis Kiriakoff, 1964 (China: Yunnan)
  • Media related to Gluphisia crenata at Wikimedia Commons
  • Dusky marbled brown on UKMoths
  • Savela, Markku. "Gluphisia crenata (Esper, 1785)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 31, 2019. Taxonomy
  • Fauna Europaea
  • Lepiforum e.V.
  • Schmetterlinge-Deutschlands.de Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine


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