Manulea lutarella
Dunkelstirniges lichen Little Bear ( Eilema lutarella )
The Dunkelstirnige lichen bears, the clay-yellow Flechtenbär or Dotterbär ( Eilema lutarella ) is a butterfly (moth ) from the subfamily of the tiger moths ( Arctiinae ).
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Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 21-30 millimeters. You have clay-yellow forewings; the hind wings are brown gray, but are against the inner edge toward also lehmgelb. They roll at rest their wings around the body.
Similar Species
- Yolk yellow lichen Little Bear ( Eilema sororcula )
- Blassstirniges lichen Little Bear ( Eilema pygmaeola )
- Yellow ocher lichen Little Bear ( Eilema palliatella )
Occurrence
They come in all of Europe except for the far north and the United Kingdom, east to the Amur before. They prefer sunny, dry, sparsely vegetated areas, such as dry peat meadows, poor grass, sand and limestone soils, but also heathland. They fly from mid-July to late August.
Way of life
The caterpillars hatch in September. They overwinter and pupate in the following June in brown cocoons on the ground, between lichen and moss. They feed on stone and Erdflechten.