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Pharmacis fusconebulosa

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Wikipedia Abstract

The map-winged swift (Pharmacis fusconebulosa) is a moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It has a patchy distribution throughout Eurasia. It was previously placed in the genus Hepialus and some references still place it there. This moth gets its common name from the variegated pattern of the forewing, in various shades of black, brown and white, which look rather like a map (although there are plainer forms). Unlike most hepialids, the pattern is rather similar in both sexes although the female is usually rather larger with a wingspan of up to 50 mm.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Immerkopf 35 Germany  

Prey / Diet

Festuca rubra (red fescue)[1]
Pteridium aquilinum (northern bracken fern)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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