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Noctuidae : Eustrotiinae

Marbled White Spot

DELTOTE (Protodeltote) pygarga (Hufnagel, 1766)
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Description
Wingspan: 23-29mm
Worldwide Distribution:  Northern region of the Palearctic : Europe : SE Siberia : Korea
UK Distribution: Southern England-Well distributed : Midlands and Wales-local : Ireland-Very local,recorded in south west : Channel Isles-Jersey-Widespread and often seen-Guernsey-Rare
UK Conservation Status -
  • Common = >300 10Km Squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name:-
  • Phalaena pygarga (Hufnagel, 1766)
Type Species - Deltote
  • Phalaena argentula Hübner, 1787
Type Locality -
  • Germany-Berlin Region
Flight Period: South-early May to early August : Elsewhere-Late May to July
Habitat: Woodland : Heathland : Moorland
Similar Species -
  • None
Larva: July to September. The larva feeds at night.The final instar larva is straw coloured with a multiple lateral lines in reddish brown tinged with white,just reddish brown or white, edged with reddish brown.Viewed from above-The central reddish brown lateral line is not parallel and tapers from the widest point, 1/3 from the head,both forwards and rearwards to about half the widest point.
Pupa: Pupates underground in a cocoon
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth is fairly unmistakeable with its white patch against a marbled brown or greyish brown forewing. A termen band which is greyish, blends toward the white patch before turning brown.
Any variation found with this moth will be slight.

The moth is a regular visitor to the light trap and occasionally is attracted to sugar
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
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Type Locality:
Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Eustrotiinae
DELTOTE Reichenbach 1817
Protodeltote Ueda 1984
Deltote (Protodeltote) pygarga (Hufnagel, 1766)
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Phalaena argentula Hübner, 1787
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PHALAENA pygarga (Hufnagel, 1766)
= Protodeltote pygarga Hufnagel, 1766
= Noctua fuscula Schiffermüller, 1775
= Phalaena (Noctua) polygramma Esper, 1790
= Phytometra albilinea Haworth, 1809
= Phytometra fusca Haworth, 1809
= Bryophila guenei Fallou, 1864
= Lithacodia fasciana coreana Bryk, 1949
= Lithacodia pygarga Hufnagel, 1766
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DELTOTE Reichenbach 1817
= Lithacodia Hübner 1818
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Berlin. Magazin 3 (4) : Title Page : p.408 - n.85
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Germany-Berlin Region