Moma alpium

Scarce merveille du jour
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Moma
Species:	M. alpium
Binomial name
	Moma alpium; (Osbeck, 1778)

Moma alpium (scarce merveille du jour) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5

Technical description and variation

D. alpium Osb. (= orion Esp.) (2c). Forewing bluegreen, the costa and both folds white: stigmata and lines black; outer hue with brown outer border; hindwing fuscous, with black and white marks at anal angle. — In the form murrhina Grues. (2c), from Western Asia , the green of the forewing is much more broken up by black markings between the lines, and the brown shade beyond outer line is wider and extends into the fringe. — The examples from Japan are as large as European, those from Corea decidedly smaller. Larva pale brown streaked with yellow; dorsum black with 3 transverse yellowish white blotches; tubercles reddish, bearing erect tufts of hairs. ^[1]

Biology

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. The moth flies from May to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on oak, European beech and birch.

References

^ 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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