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Scarce Silver-lines

Bena bicolorana
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Summary

Bena bicolorana, the scarce silver-lines, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Johann Kaspar Füssli in 1775. It is found in Europe Turkey, Armenia, Asia Minor and Syria.

Scarce Silver-lines

Bena bicolorana
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harmful
bite
tree pest
garden pest
crop pest
pest

Scientific classification

kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Arthropoda
class: Insecta
order: Lepidoptera
family: Nolidae
genus: Bena

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What does scarce Silver-Lines eat?

Technical description and variation

The forewings are bright apple green; the costal edge yellowish white; inner margin narrowly white; inner and outer lines finely yellowish white, oblique, the outer from costa before apex; hindwing white; fringe white in both wings; in subsp. conspersa subsp. nov. (53 m), from Amasia, the ground colour is blue green, densely covered with pale scales; the costal edge and lines white. Larva green, smooth; the 3rd segment with a yellow tipped dorsal hump; subdorsal and spiracular lines yellow; some pale yellow lateral stripes. The wingspan is 40–50 mm.

Biology

The moth flies in one generation from mid-June to August. The larvae feed on oak.

Notes

- 1) The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.