Gluphisia crenata

Gluphisia crenata, the dusky marbled brown, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1785. It is found in Europe, east over parts of Russia and China up to Japan. It is also found in North America, where it was traditionally treated as a separate species, Gluphisia septentrionis.

Dusky marbled brown
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Gluphisia
Species:
G. crenata
Binomial name
Gluphisia crenata
(Esper, 1785)
Synonyms

The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The moth flies from April to August in two generations depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Populus species, such as P. nigra, P. balsamifera and P. tremula, but also on Salix purpurea.

Subspecies

  • Gluphisia crenata crenata
  • Gluphisia crenosa crenosa (Hubner, 1796)
  • Gluphisia crenata tristis Gaede, 1933 (China: Sichuan)
  • Gluphisia crenata meridionalis Kiriakoff, 1964 (China: Yunnan)
  • Media related to Gluphisia crenata at Wikimedia Commons
  • Dusky marbled brown on UKMoths
  • Savela, Markku. "Gluphisia crenata (Esper, 1785)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 31, 2019. Taxonomy
  • Fauna Europaea
  • Lepiforum e.V.
  • Schmetterlinge-Deutschlands.de


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