Tethea or
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Drepanidae |
Genus: | Tethea |
Species: | T. or
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Tethea or (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Tethea or, the poplar lutestring, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. The species can be found in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and Japan. The imago resembles Tethea ocularis.
The wingspan is 38–43 mm. The moths flies from April to August depending on the location.
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The larvae feed on willow and poplar, mainly Populus tremula.
Subspecies
- Tethea or or (Europe to Turkey)
- Tethea or akanensis (Matsumura, 1933) (Japan)
- Tethea or terrosa (Graeser, 1888) (Russia, Korea, Mongolia, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang)
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- Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2016-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Lepiforum.de
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