Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths) ➔ Family Noctuidae (Owlet moths)
Euplexia lucipara (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gelbfleck-Waldschatteneule Small Angle Shades
Synonyms and other combinations:
Phalaena lucipara Linnaeus, 1758 [original combination] | Phalaena dubia Hufnagel, 1766 | Euplexia flavomacula (Fabricius, 1787) | Euplexia exotica Strand, 1915 |
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2018-02-16 10:05:07
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2018-02-16 10:02:35
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2018-02-17 10:50:17
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2018-02-17 10:45:10
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2018-02-17 10:48:22
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2018-02-16 10:01:23
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2018-02-16 10:00:24
caterpillar
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2013-09-14 11:09:30
caterpillar
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2013-09-14 14:43:34
conf. Heidrun Melzer
caterpillar
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2013-09-15 10:19:43
caterpillar
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2013-09-15 10:21:15
caterpillar
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2017-08-13 13:45:04
conf. Daniel Bartsch
caterpillar
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2017-08-13 16:09:10
conf. Daniel Bartsch
pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2017-08-27 09:57:29
pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2017-08-27 09:58:54
pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2017-08-27 10:01:03
pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2017-08-29 16:41:49
exuvia
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2018-02-16 10:12:43
exuvia
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2018-02-16 10:11:56
exuvia
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2018-02-16 10:11:29
Classification:
Euplexia lucipara belongs to the subfamily Xyleninae, tribe Phlogophorini.Distribution and habitat:
Palaearctic, widespread and common in Central Europe. The Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara) prefers shady places and is often found in humid forests.Habitus:
Wing span 30 - 35 mm.Biology
The moths fly from late May to early August. Caterpillars can be found from July to early October. The caterpillars are polyphagous and eat on various herbs, ferns, shrubs and trees. The pupation takes place in the earth. The Small Angle Shades overwinters as a pupa.Euplexia lucipara forms one generation per year, sometimes a partial second generation.
Annotation:
I found the caterpillar of 2017 on fern in August. It pupated in the same month. Unfortunately, the moth prematurely hatched in February 2018.References, further reading, links:
- Acontia sp.
- Agrotis boeticus
- Caradrina sp.
- Cornutiplusia circumflexa
- Cucullia calendulae
- Diachrysia chrysitis/stenochrysis
- Hoplodrina sp.
- Noctua janthe/janthina
- Oligia latruncula/versicolor
- Plusiinae sp.
- Alder Moth
- Angle Shades
- Antler Moth
- Beautiful Golden Y
- Beautiful Hook-tip
- Blossom Underwing
- Bordered Straw
- Brick
- Bright-line Brown-eye
- Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
- Brown-line Bright Eye
- Brown-spot Pinion
- Cabbage Moth
- Chestnut
- Clay
- Clouded Drab
- Common Quaker
- Copper Underwing
- Crescent Dart
- Dark Arches
- Dot Moth
- Dun-bar
- Flame Shoulder
- Four-spotted
- Green-brindled Crescent
- Heart and Dart
- Hebrew Character
- Knot Grass
- Large Yellow Underwing
- Lesser Yellow Underwing
- Marbled Minor
- Marbled White Spot
- Olive
- Orache Moth
- Pale Mottled Willow
- Pale Shoulder
- Pink-barred Sallow
- Poplar Grey
- Pretty Marbled
- Purple Clay
- Satellite
- Scarce Bordered Straw
- Setaceous Hebrew Character
- Silver Barred
- Silver Y
- Slender Brindle
- Slender Burnished Brass
- Small Angle Shades
- Small Quaker
- Small Yellow Underwing
- Smoky Wainscot
- Spotted Clover
- Spotted Sulphur
- Sprawler
- Square-spot Rustic
- Svensson's Copper Underwing
- Sycamore
- The Uncertain
- Treble Lines
- Turnip Moth
- Twin-spotted Quaker
- Water Betony
- White-point
- Yellow-line Quaker