Earias clorana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Earias |
| Species: | E. clorana
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| Binomial name | |
| Earias clorana (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Earias clorana, the cream-bordered green pea, is a
Technical description and variation
Earis chlorana L. (= viride Retz.) Forewing pale green; the costa white to beyond middle, the edge towards base brownish; hindwing white; the termen and fringe faintly greenish above vein 2; in the ab. flavimargo de Joan., from Brittany, the fringe is yellowish at base, brown in the middle, and white at the tips; ab. hemixantha de Joan, has the terminal area, except at costa, suffused with orange yellow. Larva whitish mottled with grey; the lines rusty grey, darker in places; pairs of somewhat pointed tubercles on segments 3, 4, 6, and 12; head pale green with black marks.[1] The wingspan is 16–20 mm.
Biology
The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London".
External links
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