Eilema complanum

Scarce footman
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Manulea
Species:	M. complana
Binomial name
Manulea complana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Phalaena complana Linnaeus, 1758 ochrocephala Geoffroy, 1785 Lithosia complanata Costa, 1833 Lithosia sericea Gregson, 1860 Lithosia molybdeola Guenée, 1861 Crambidia allegheniensis Holland, 1903 Lithosia complana balcanica Daniel, 1939 Lithosia complana f. postgrisescens Lempke, 1961 Lithosia complana f. pallida van Wisselingh, 1961 Lithosia complana f. flava Lempke, 1964 Eilema angustiala Bryk, [1949] 1948

Manulea complana, the scarce footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region.

The wingspan is 28–35 mm. Very like Eilema morosinum (Herrich-Schäffer, [1847]) but the forewing not so elongate, and the angles not so accentuated, the costal streak broader and brighter yellow, the hindwing duller, not so transparent; the apex of the abdomen brighter yellow. On the underside the disc is very blackish iron grey, and contrasts vividly with the orange-yellow costa and the broad pale yellow marginal area. Hindwing beneath pale yellow, the costa deeper yellow; below costa a grey streak from the base.

The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.

Larva blackish dorsally, with narrow lighter lines; subdorsal lines composed of small reddish yellow and white spots; lateral line interrupted, reddish yellow. The larvae feed on lichen and mosses, but also leaves of low growing plants on occasion.

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