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Pechipogo strigilata

Common fan-foot
Common Fan-foot Moths of the British Isles.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Pechipogo
Species: P. strigilata
Binomial name
Pechipogo strigilata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Phalaena (Geometra) strigilata Linnaeus, 1758
[Phalaena] barbalis Clerck, 1759
Phalaena palpalis Fabricius, 1775
Pyralis pectitalis Hübner, 1796
Crambus barbata Haworth, 1809
Crambus palpatus Haworth, 1809
Pechipogon barbalis
Polypogon strigilatus


Phalaena (Geometra) strigilata Linnaeus, 1758
[Phalaena] barbalis Clerck, 1759
Phalaena palpalis Fabricius, 1775
Pyralis pectitalis Hübner, 1796
Crambus barbata Haworth, 1809
Crambus palpatus Haworth, 1809
Pechipogon barbalis
Polypogon strigilatus

Pechipogo strigilata, the common fan-foot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe to the Urals then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, Amur, Ussuri, Korea and Japan.

The wingspan is 30–35 mm.: Forewing ochreous dusted very densely with yellow brown;a slight dark cell mark; inner and outer lines brownish, more or less parallel, the inner curved in cell, the outer more widely beyond it; subterminal line oblique; hindwing with costal area pale, without markings;a faint outer line; subterminal dark, externally edged with pale.

The moth flies from late May until early July.

Larva dull reddish ochreous, with dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral rows of dark freckled diamond-shaped marks; head fuscous. The larvae feed on dead, decaying leaves of oak, alder and birch.



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