''Chelis maculosa'' Speckled Pellicle
is a
tiger moth
The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. ...
of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. It is found in Southern and Central
Europe up to
Hungary, in eastern direction it occurs through
Ukraine, Southern
Russia,
Kazakhstan to north-western regions of Chinese
Xinjiang.
The
wingspan is 32–34 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on ''
Galium verum
''Galium verum'' (lady's bedstraw or yellow bedstraw) is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Rubiaceae. It is widespread across most of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia from Israel, Lebanon and Turkey to Japan and Kamchatka. It is ...
'' and at times also other ''
Galium'' species.
Subspecies
*''Chelis maculosa maculosa''
*''Chelis maculosa arragonensis''
(Staudinger, 1894)
*''Chelis maculosa honesta''
(Tauscher, 1806)
*''Chelis maculosa stertzi''
(Schulz, 1902)
References
External links
Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North AfricaFauna EuropaeaLepiforum.de
Arctiina
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1780
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