Lacanobia oleracea, Crete - photo © Fotis Samaritakis
Lacanobia oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)
MOTH INFO
Lacanobia oleracea is a moth of the family Noctuidae on the island of Crete, Greece.
Scientific name
Lacanobia oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phalaena oleracea Linnaeus, 1758)
Phalaena (Noctua) spinaciae (Borkhausen, 1792)
Mamestra variegata (Austaut, 1885)
Peucephila essoni (Hampson, 1909)
Monima albolineata (Matsumura, 1926)
Common name
Bright-line Brown-eye
Classification
Superfamily: Noctuoidea > Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Hadeninae > Tribus: Hadenini > Genus: Lacanobia
Wingspan
34-44 mm
Habitat
Parks, gardens, rivers, streams, meadows, glades, and forest edges.
Food plant
The polyphagous larva feeds on the leaves of various plants i.e. Amaranthaceae (Atriplex, Chenopodium etc.), Leguminosae (Pisum sativum), Compositae (Calendula arvensis), Convolvulaceae (Convolvulus arvensis), Primulaceae (Cyclamen), Scrophulariaceae (Verbascum sinuatum), Polygonaceae (Polygonum aviculare, Rumex crispus), Rosaceae (Prunus spinosa), Vitaceae (Vitis vinifera), etc. Occasionally it is a pest of cultivated tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum).
Flight period
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