Paradrina rebeli
Paradrina rebeli, La Gomera
Paradrina rebeli is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of cutworms ( Noctuidae ). The species is endemic to the Canary Islands.
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 26-31 millimeters. The ground color of the forewings varies from gray to brown; but there are also examples darkened. The dark inner lateral line is weak wavy to serrated. The outer transverse line, however, is largely dissolved and only consists of individual dark spots. Even the middle shade is indistinct. The dark stain kidney are very clear, the ring blemish small and indistinct. In contrast, the dark wavy line is at the outer end usually well developed, with single arrow spots. It is underlaid often brown the outside. The hemline is decorated with black spots. At the front edge of the forewing sit three black spots. The hind wings are pale brown to cream with a darker seam line.
Way of life
The type flies throughout the year in several generations. The caterpillar is polyphagous.
Occurrence and distribution
The species is endemic to the Canary Islands, La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. You get there from the more humid coastal regions up to higher altitudes before.
System
The species was described in 1901 by Otto Staudinger as a subspecies of the sand -floor storage bump ( Paradrina selini ). Caradrina rebeli lapalmae Pinker, 1962, Caradrina rebeli gran canariae Pinker, 1962, Caradrina lanzarotensis Pinker, 1962, Caradrina lanzarotensis fuerteventurensis Pinker & Bacallado, 1975 Caradrina rebeli hierrensis Pinker, 1969, now regarded as a synonym of Paradrina rebeli. The species is here assigned to the genus Caradrina; Paradrina Boursin, 1937 is provided as a subgenus of Caradrina Ochsenheimer, 1816.