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{{short description|Species of false owlet moth}}
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| image = Tethea or2.jpg
| image = Tethea or2.jpg
| image_caption =
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Tethea or
| authority = ([[Michael Denis|Denis]] & [[Ignaz Schiffermüller|Schiffermüller]], 1775)
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Drepanidae]]
| genus = ''[[Tethea]]''
| species = '''''T. or'''''
| binomial = ''Tethea or''
| binomial_authority = ([[Michael Denis|Denis]] & [[Ignaz Schiffermüller|Schiffermüller]], 1775)
| synonyms =
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*''Noctua or'' <small>Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775</small>
*''Noctua or'' <small>Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775</small>
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'''''Tethea or''''', the '''poplar lutestring''', is a [[moth]] of the family [[Drepanidae]]. It was first described by [[Michael Denis]] and [[Ignaz Schiffermüller]] in 1775. The species can be found in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and [[Japan]]. The imago resembles ''[[Tethea ocularis]]''.
'''''Tethea or''''', the '''poplar lutestring''', is a [[moth]] of the family [[Drepanidae]]. It was first described by [[Michael Denis]] and [[Ignaz Schiffermüller]] in 1775. The species can be found in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and [[Japan]]. The imago resembles ''[[Tethea ocularis]]''.
[[File:|thumb|center|200px|Another colour variant]]


The [[wingspan]] is 38–43 mm. The moths flies from April to August depending on the location.
The [[wingspan]] is 38–43 mm. The moths flies from April to August depending on the location.
[[Image:Buckler W The larvæ of the British butterflies and moths PlateLIV.jpg|thumb|140px|left|Figs 6, 6a larvae after final moult 6b pupa]]

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(MHNT) Tethea or - Boskovice Czech Republic- Male dorsal.jpg|♂
(MHNT) Tethea or - Boskovice Czech Republic- Male ventral.jpg|♂ △
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The larvae feed on [[willow]] and [[Populus|poplar]], mainly ''[[Populus tremula]]''.
The larvae feed on [[willow]] and [[Populus|poplar]], mainly ''[[Populus tremula]]''.


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*[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1191 Poplar Lutestring on ''UKMoths'']
*[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1191 Poplar lutestring on ''UKMoths'']
*[http://uahost.uantwerpen.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Drepanidae/Tor.htm ''Lepidoptera of Belgium'']
*[http://uahost.uantwerpen.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Drepanidae/Tor.htm ''Lepidoptera of Belgium''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714093959/http://uahost.uantwerpen.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Drepanidae/Tor.htm |date=2016-07-14 }}
*[http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Tethea_Or ''Lepiforum.de'']
*[http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Tethea_Or ''Lepiforum.de'']
*[http://www.vlindernet.nl/vlindersoort.php?vlinderid=67 ''Vlindernet.nl'' {{nl}}]
*[http://www.vlindernet.nl/vlindersoort.php?vlinderid=67 ''Vlindernet.nl'' {{in lang|nl}}]


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[[Category:Thyatirinae]]
[[Category:Thyatirinae]]
[[Category:Moths described in 1775]]
[[Category:Moths described in 1775]]
[[Category:Drepanid Moths of Great Britain]]
[[Category:Drepanid moths of Great Britain]]
[[Category:Moths of Europe]]
[[Category:Moths of Europe]]
[[Category:Moths of Asia]]
[[Category:Moths of Asia]]

Latest revision as of 14:35, 18 November 2023

Tethea or
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Tethea
Species:
T. or
Binomial name
Tethea or
Synonyms
  • Noctua or Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Noctua ypsilon-graecum Goeze, 1781
  • Noctua gamma-graecum Retzius, 1783
  • Noctua consobrina Borkhausen, 1790
  • Noctua octogena Esper, 1791
  • Phalaena (Noctua) gemina Beckwith, 1794
  • Tethea flavicornis Aurivillius, 1888
  • Palimpsestis or hela Rangnow, 1935
  • Tethea or nigrescens Werny, 1966
  • Palimpsestis rufa Houlbert, 1921
  • Cymatophora intermedia Houlbert, 1921
  • Palimpsestis kurilensis Matsumura, 1929
  • Palimpsestis akanensis koreibia Bryk, 1948

Tethea or, the poplar lutestring, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. The species can be found in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and Japan. The imago resembles Tethea ocularis.


The wingspan is 38–43 mm. The moths flies from April to August depending on the location.

Figs 6, 6a larvae after final moult 6b pupa

The larvae feed on willow and poplar, mainly Populus tremula.

Subspecies

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  • Tethea or or (Europe to Turkey)
  • Tethea or akanensis (Matsumura, 1933) (Japan)
  • Tethea or terrosa (Graeser, 1888) (Russia, Korea, Mongolia, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang)
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