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Anarta melanopa (broad-bordered white underwing)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Hadula melanopa (broad-bordered white underwing) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. Subspecies melanopa is found in northern Scandinavia. Subspecies rupestralis is found in the Alps, the Balkan mountains and the Apennine Mountains. Subspecies brunnea is found in mountainous areas of Great Britain and ssp. koizumidakeana in Japan. The wingspan of subspecies melanopa is 20–26 mm, ssp. brunnea has a wingspan of 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation. The larvae feed on various plants, including Empetrum, Vaccinium, Dryas octopetala and low growing Salix species.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cairngorms 142543 Scotland, United Kingdom
Drumochter Hills 23340 Scotland, United Kingdom
Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham 12696 England, United Kingdom

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1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0