| Dryobotodes eremita | (Fabricius, 1775) | 
TL: Germany, Leipzig
Forewing olive green mixed with light or dark grey, varied in places with pale brown or reddish, the latter tints appearing along the two folds, the whole wing having a mossy appearance; lines blackish, indistinct; a black streak between inner and outer lines, below the claviform which is followed by a rufous patch; upper stigmata slightly paler grey, tinged with green or reddish; submarginal line pale, followed by blackish scaling on each fold; hindwing dull grey, with darker cellspot, outer line, and submarginal diffuse band; - variegata Tutt is much brighter and gayer; the dark shades, especially in the median area, being intensified, and the paler areas, — viz, the stigmata, the inner margin on each side of the median area,and the space between outer and submarginal lines, lightened; the apex also is prominently paler and the terminal area more largely blackened; - corsica Spul., from the island of that name, is a rough brownish olive green form; from Amasia comes a form, which may be called grisea nov. [Warren] in which the tints are merely dark and light grey, with only the least touch of green or brown, and a second form, dejecta nov. [Warren] decidedly smaller, and uniformly dark grey with the markings all more or less obscured and the hindwing darker, whereas in grisea the pale areas are conspicuous and the hindwing whitish; ab. incolorata ab. nov. [Warren] has the ground colour pale or dark grey, without coloured tints except a faint rufous flush along the two folds and the course of the submarginal line
	
	
	
	
	Habitat
- Mixed forests (Oak)
 - Oak forests
 
32-39 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
 ČeskyPestroskvrnka dubová 
 DanskEremitugle 
 DeutschBraungraue Eicheneule 
 DeutschOlivgrüne Eicheneule 
 Eesti keelKeeröölane 
 EnglishBrindled Green 
 FrançaisJaspe vert 
 LietuviųSmulkiamargis vėlyvis 
 MagyarVáltozékony tölgybagoly 
 MagyarZöldesbarna őszibagoly 
 NederlandsEikenuiltje 
 NorskEremittfly 
 NorskGrått eikefly 
 SlovenčinaMora dubinová 
 SuomeksiSammaltammiyökkönen 
 SvenskaFöränderligt ekfly 
 РусскийСовка-отшельница 
 УкраїнськаСовка дубова сіра  
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Fagaceae Quercus faginea Portuguese Oak Fagaceae Quercus ilex Holm Oak Fagaceae Quercus robur Pedunculate oak  
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Dryobota protea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Noctua eremita Fabricius, 1775  
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Language Website Authors 
 Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson 
 
 Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner 
 Lepiforum e. V. 
 Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei 
 
 Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger 
 Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis 
 Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson 
 UK Moths Ian Kimber  
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