Eilema lutarella is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North Africa through Central Europe up to the area surrounding the Amur River and Sakhalin. In the north, it is found up to Scandinavia, Komi Republic in European Russia, Vitim river in Siberia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Eilema |
| Species: | E. lutarella
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| Eilema lutarella | |
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The wingspan is 27–30 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on lichen.
Subspecies
edit- Eilema lutarella lutarella
- Eilema lutarella luqueti (Leraut, 2006) (France)
References
edit- ^ Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.
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- Eilema lutarella on Fauna Europaea
- Eilema lutarella on Lepiforum e.V.
- Eilema lutarella on De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch)
- Eilema lutarellum on Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (in Swedish)