Bena bicolorana
Species of moth
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Bena bicolorana, the scarce silver-lines, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Johann Kaspar Füssli in 1775. It is found in Europe Turkey, Armenia, Asia Minor and Syria.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Bena |
| Species: | B. bicolorana |
| Binomial name | |
| Bena bicolorana (Fuessly, 1775) | |
Technical description and variation
The forewings are bright apple green; the costal edge yellowish white; inner margin narrowly white; inner and outer lines finely yellowish white, oblique, the outer from costa before apex; hindwing white; fringe white in both wings; in subsp. conspersa subsp. nov. (53 m), from Amasia, the ground colour is blue green, densely covered with pale scales; the costal edge and lines white. Larva green, smooth; the 3rd segment with a yellow tipped dorsal hump; subdorsal and spiracular lines yellow; some pale yellow lateral stripes.[1] The wingspan is 40–50 mm.
Similar species
Biology
The moth flies in one generation from mid-June to August .
The larvae feed on oak.
Notes
- ^The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
