Sycamore (moth)

Sycamore (moth)

Taxobox
name = The Sycamore



image_size = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Noctuidae
genus = "Acronicta"
species = "A. aceris"
binomial = "Acronicta aceris"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

The sycamore ("Acronicta aceris") is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed through most of Europe.

The forewings of this species are pale to dark grey with rather indistinct markings apart from a thin black basal streak. The hindwings are white, sometimes with dark streaks at the margin. The wingspan is 40-45 mm. The adults fly at night from June to August ref|flight_season and are attracted to light and sugar.

The extraordinary larva is very distinctive, thickly covered with very long yellow and orange hairs with white spots outlined in black along the back. It feeds on various maples and also on Common Horse-chestnut, Large-leaved Lime, Mulberry and Pedunculate Oak. The species overwinters as a pupa.

#Note|flight_season"The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range."

Subspecies

*"A. a. aceris" - Europe
*"A. a. taurica" - Cyprus

References

*Chinery, Michael "Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe" 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
*Skinner, Bernard "Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles" 1984


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