Collita griseola

Collita griseola, the dingy footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is found in Europe and North and South-East Asia.

Collita griseola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Collita
Species:
C. griseola
Binomial name
Collita griseola
(Hübner, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx griseola Hübner, [1803]
  • Eilema griseolum
  • Eilema griseola
  • Lithosia flava Haworth, 1809
  • Lithosia plumbeolata Stephens, 1829
  • Lithosia stramineola Doubleday, 1847
  • Collita lilacina Moore, 1878
  • Lithosia cinerea Poujade, 1886
  • Lithosia lenta Leech, 1890
  • Lithosia fuscicilia Hampson, 1894
  • Eilema submontana Inoue, 1982
  • Lithosia griseola f. pallida Lempke, 1961
  • Lithosia griseola f. aurantiaca Lempke, 1961
  • Lithosia sachalinensis Matsumura, 1930

The wingspan is 32–40 mm. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on lichen.

This species has shown a spectacular increase in abundance in Britain during the period 1968 to 2007, like a number of moth species with larva that feed on lichens and algae.[1] In Britain it was originally limited to southern fens and marshy areas, but has since spread northwards and now occupy a variety of habitats, including gardens.[1]

Subspecies
  • Collita griseola griseola
  • Collita griseola sachalinensis (Matsumura, 1930) (Russian Far East)
  • Collita griseola submontana (Inoue, 1982) (Japan)

References
  1. Fox, R. (2013). "The State of Britain's Larger Moths 2013" (PDF). Butterfly Conservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2016.


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