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| The moth flies from early June to early July.<ref> Funet.fi - Finland Centre for Science, retrieved on 11 October 2009</ref> | The moth flies from early June to early July.<ref> Funet.fi - Finland Centre for Science, retrieved on 11 October 2009</ref> | ||
| Larva dark brown; dorsal and lateral lines pale; subdorsal lines formed of dark lunular blotches: spiracles black; head glossy black.The larvae feed on ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/ |title= Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.}}</ref> preferring the roots. | Larva dark brown; dorsal and lateral lines pale; subdorsal lines formed of dark lunular blotches: spiracles black; head glossy black.The larvae feed on ], '']'' , '']'' and ].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/ |title= Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.}}</ref> preferring the roots. | ||
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| Hada plebeja | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Hada |
| Species: | H. plebeja |
| Binomial name | |
| Hada plebeja Linnaeus, 1761 | |
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The Shears (Hada plebeja) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to Asia Minor, Armenia, Turkestan, Central Asia, Mongolia, Siberia.Also Kashmir.
Technical Description and variation
- See glossary for terms used
The wingspan is 30–35 mm. The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm. Forewing lilac-grey, suffused with olive fuscous, deepest in median area; claviform stigma small, black-edged, followed by a broad bidentate pale patch at base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform pale grey with white edges; marginal area dark; submarginal line preceded by black dentate markings: veins more or less grey-scaled; hindwing fuscous, paler basewards; the fringe pale; - leucostigma Haw. has the ground colour whiter; hilaris Zett. is a form of this in which the whitish orbicular and the pale blotch on vein 2 are confluent and form one long streak; ochrea Tutt is a form, common in Britain, in which the forewing is varied with yellow scales: - latenai Pierr. is a melanic mountain form from Switzerlandand the Hebrides.
Biology
The moth flies from early June to early July. Larva dark brown; dorsal and lateral lines pale; subdorsal lines formed of dark lunular blotches: spiracles black; head glossy black.The larvae feed on Smooth Hawksbeard, Hieracium pilosella , Taraxacum and Alfalfa. preferring the roots.
References
- Colour Atlas of Siberian Lepidoptera
- Lepidoptera and their ecology
- 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
- Hada plebeja Funet.fi - Finland Centre for Science, retrieved on 11 October 2009
- "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London".
External links
- Lepiforum
- Fauna Europaea
- Funet Taxonomy
- Vlindernet Template:Nl
- waarneming.nl Template:Nl
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- The Shears at UKmoths
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