Zanclognatha tarsipennalis

Fan-foot
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Zanclognatha
Species:	Z. tarsipennalis
Binomial name
	Zanclognatha tarsipennalis; (Treitschke, 1835)
Synonyms
	Herminia tarsipennalis Treitschke, 1835;

Zanclognatha tarsipennalis, the fan-foot, is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe and east across the Palearctic to Siberia,^[1] Amur, Ussuri, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China.

Technical description and variation

The length of the forewings is 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in). Forewing narrower and greyer, less purple, than Polypogon lunalis Scopoli, 1763, sometimes with a yellowish flush; the inner and outer lines nearer together; the subterminal line simple, brown without any shade before, slightly concave outwards; the cell lunule obscurer; hindwing paler grey, the subterminal dark, strongly white-edged externally; the ab. bidentalis Hein. is paler grey, with a faint yellowish or rufous flush, the sub-terminal line of hindwing hardly angled. Larva dull grey; the dorsal line greyish black; tubercles black ringed with yellowish green; spiracles black; head black brown.^[2]

Biology

The moth flies from May to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on fallen leaves of European beech, oak and Rubus.

References

^ "Herminia tarsipennalis". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^ 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.

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[1] "Herminia tarsipennalis". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[2] 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.

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