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Lithophane consocia

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Lithophane consocia
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Female
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L. consocia
Binomial name
Lithophane consocia
(Borkhausen, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Noctua) consocia Borkhausen, 1792
  • Xylina ingrica Herrich-Schäffer, [1850]
  • Xylina cinerosa Guenée, 1852
  • Xylina ingrica var. grisea Graeser, 1889
  • Agriopis jezoensis Matsumura, 1931

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..

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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