A moth i've never seen

Conchiolin · Post by **Conchiolin** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:53 am

Hi! I did post a pic of this moth before but it went rather unnoticed so i created a new post about it:

I've never seen such a moth before:

jonagius · Post by **jonagius** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:32 pm

Hi Conchiolin,

The moth is a Pandesma robusta. Here is it's profile:

Species: Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Common Name: (No common name)
Flight period: Apr & Jun - Dec in 2 generations.
Distribution: Cyprus, Greece, Crete, Turkey, Sicily, Mainland Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, India and Saudi Arabia.
Local status: Neither common nor rare. But since it is a very strong flier and migrant, numbers tend to fluctuate.
Larval foodplants: Albizzia lebbek, Populus euphratica
Similar species: Clytie illunaris (Hübner, 1813)

Conchiolin · Post by **Conchiolin** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:05 pm

Thank you for your detailed info!