''Lacanobia blenna'', the stranger, is a moth of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

. The species was first described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1824. It is found in southern Europe, east to Turkmenistan.

Technical description and variation

The wingspan is 36–44 mm. Forewing greyish ochreous, the median area tinged with brownish or fuscous; claviform stigma indistinct, black-edged, followed by a pale patch at base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform pale, partly black-edged, the lower lobe of the latter dark; submarginal line pale, with brown on each side of it, dentate to margin along veins 3 and 4; costa and apex pale; hindwing dull whitish, browner towards termen; the veins dark. Larva yellow, dotted with brown, especially on dorsal areathe brown dots ringed with pale, forming dorsal and subdorsal lines; lateral and spiracular lines yellow. Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'', Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914

Biology

The moth flies from May to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on sea beet and ''

Salsola kali ''Salsola kali'' was the botanical name for a species of flowering plants in the amaranth family, whose subspecies have been recently reclassified as two separate species in the genus ''Kali'': * ''Kali tragus'', formerly ''Salsola tragus'' or '' ...

''.

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"73.269 [B&F: 2161] Stranger (''Lacanobia blenna'') (Hübner, [1824])"
''Hantsmoths''. *
''Lepiforum e.V.''
Lacanobia Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Moths described in 1824 {{Hadenini-stub