Katha depressa

Katha depressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Katha
Species:	K. depressa
Binomial name
	Katha depressa; (Esper, 1787)
Synonyms
	Phalaena deplana Esper, 1787; Eilema deplana; Phalaena depressa Esper, 1787; Eilema depressa; Katha depressa; Eilema depressum; Noctua complana Esper, 1787 (preocc. Linnaeus); Noctua luteola Hübner, 1788; Bombyx helvola Hübner, [1803]; Bombyx ochreola Hübner, [1803]; Lithosia helveola Ochsenheimer, 1810; Lithosia deplana var. unicolor Bankes, 1902; Lithosia deplana ab. atra Torstenius, 1956; Lithosia deplana f. albescens Lempke, 1961; Lithosia deplana f. flavescens Lempke, 1961; Lithosia pavescens Butler, 1877; Eilema depressa bergmani Bryk, 1948; Eilema confusa Miyake, 1907; Lithosia nihonica Daniel, 1954;

The Buff Footman (Katha depressa or Katha deplana) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found from western Europe East through the Palearctic ( North Asia Minor, Crimea, Abkhasia, Transcaucasia, South Siberia, Middle Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kunashir, Zhejiang) to Korea and Japan.

Technical Description and variation

See glossary for terms used

The length of the forewings is 15–17 mm. Both wings dark brown-grey, with the costa of the forewing and the fringes light bright yellow, especially in the female. The ground-colour is often more or less lightened with ochreous, sometimes almost clay-colour {ochreola Hbn.), or nearly whitish (helveola Ochs.) or of an indefinite intermediate shade (luteola Hbn.). In pavescens Butl. from Hokkaido (Island of Yezo), the wings are dirty greyish yellow; the hindwing lighter. ^[2]

Subspecies

Katha deplana deplana
Katha deplana pavescens (Butler, 1877) (Russia: Middle Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kunashir; Korea; Japan)

Biology

The moth flies from June to September depending on the location.

Larva dirty lead-grey, bearing a yellow dorsal stripe with dark edges and 3 raised black transverse spots anteriorly, posteriorly and in the centre, and black markings laterally.The larvae feed on Lichen and Algae, especially on Pinophyta, but also on Oak and Calluna. Until June, on lichens on trees. Pupa glossy red-brown. The moths singly but not rare, in July and the beginning of August, may especially be beaten from young conifers.

References

^ Does Eilema Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?
^ Seitz, E. in Seitz, A. Ed. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 2: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes,Die palaearktischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 1912- 1913

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[1] Does Eilema Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?

[2] Seitz, E. in Seitz, A. Ed. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 2: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes,Die palaearktischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 1912- 1913

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Katha depressa


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Katha
Species:	K. depressa
Binomial name
*Katha depressa* (Esper, 1787)^[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena deplana Esper, 1787 Eilema deplana Phalaena depressa Esper, 1787 Eilema depressa Katha depressa Eilema depressum Noctua complana Esper, 1787 (preocc. Linnaeus) Noctua luteola Hübner, 1788 Bombyx helvola Hübner, [1803] Bombyx ochreola Hübner, [1803] Lithosia helveola Ochsenheimer, 1810 Lithosia deplana var. unicolor Bankes, 1902 Lithosia deplana ab. atra Torstenius, 1956 Lithosia deplana f. albescens Lempke, 1961 Lithosia deplana f. flavescens Lempke, 1961 Lithosia pavescens Butler, 1877 Eilema depressa bergmani Bryk, 1948 Eilema confusa Miyake, 1907 Lithosia nihonica Daniel, 1954