Cleonymia yvanii is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1833. It is found in Portugal, north-eastern Spain, southern France and north-eastern Italy.

Cleonymia yvanii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cleonymia
Species:
C. yvanii
Binomial name
Cleonymia yvanii
(Duponchel, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Xylina yvanii Duponchel, 1833
  • Cleophana mauretaniae Rothschild, 1920

The wingspan is 18–25 mm.

Description edit

Adults are variable in colour, ranging from ochre to greyish brown. Warren (1914) states C. yvanii Dup. (24 f). Much like vaulogeri Stgr.,[Cleonymia vaulogeri (Staudinger, 1899)] the inner and outer lines similarly incurved and connected on submedian fold; orbicular and reniform stigmata very small, with fuscous centres and greyish annuli, separated by a diffuse brown median shade; submarginal line grey, obscure, whitish and oblique at costa; fringe brown in basal half, chequered in outer; hindwing fuscous, the base paler;—korbi Stgr.[ now species Cleonymia korbi] is paler, without the black streak in base of cell of forewing. S. France and Spain. Larva yellowish white, the lateral lines red, the dorsal line dark, interrupted; feeding on seeds of Helianthemum. [2]

Biology edit

Adults are on wing from the end of April to mid-July in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Helianthemum species. They can be found in late summer. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

References edit

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links edit

  • "Cleonymia yvanii Dup. La Cléophane concave". Lépi'Net. (in French)
  • Savela, Markku, ed. (May 12, 2020). "Cleonymia yvanii (Duponchel, 1833)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  • "09284 Cleonymia yvanii (Duponchel, 1833)". Lepiforum e. V. Retrieved February 7, 2021. (in German)