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Herald
Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Erebidae - Underwing moths »  genus Scoliopteryx

Scientific synonyms

Phalaena libatrix Linnaeus, 1758 o
Bombyx libatricus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other names

= Herald Moth

Type taxon of:Scoliopteryx Germar, 1810 (Phalaena libatrix Linnaeus, 1758), Ephemias Hübner, 1821 (Phalaena libatrix Linnaeus, 1758), Euphais Hübner, 1822 (Phalaena libatrix Linnaeus, 1758), Gonoptera Berthold in Latreille, 1827 (Phalaena libatrix Linnaeus, 1758)

Images

Scoliopteryx libatrix - Herald

Author: Miroslav Deml

Scoliopteryx libatrix - Herald

Author: Leoš Ondra

Scoliopteryx libatrix - Herald

Author: Andrej Makara

Scoliopteryx libatrix - Herald

Author: Jiří Máca

Scoliopteryx libatrix - Herald

female

Author: Mgr. František ŠARŽÍK

larva


pupa

Scoliopteryx libatrix - Herald

Author: Zdeněk Hyan
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Intertaxon relationships

food (larval stage only): Salix alba L. - White Willow, Salix phylicifolia L. - Tea-leaved Willow, Populus tremula L. - European Aspen, Salix starkeana Willd., Salix repens L. - Creeping Willow, ...

Links and literature

CZ EN Laštůvka Z., Liška J.: Checklist of Lepidoptera of the Czech Republic [http://www.lepidoptera.wz.cz/] [as Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 28 February 2009
EN UKMoths [2469]

Kimber I.: UKMoths [http://ukmoths.org.uk] [as Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)]
EN Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa [ScolioLibat]

Mazzei P., Reggianti D., Pimpinelli I.: Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa [http://www.leps.it] [as Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)]
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012

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o original combination