Lithophane consocia
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Lithophane consocia (Borkhausen, 1792)
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Lithophane consocia, the scarce conformist or Softly's shoulder-knot, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found throughout northern, central and eastern Europe, east to Siberia. There is a single record from Great Britain, where it was recorded in Hampstead, London, in September 2001..
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The wingspan is 43–48 mm. Adults are on wing from September and overwintering until May.
The larvae feed on Alnus and Corylus.
Subspecies
- Lithophane consocia consocia (Europe)
- Lithophane consocia grisea (south-eastern Siberia)
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