TL: [Slovenia, Kranjska,] Carniola
Forewing pale to dark grey with darker dusting and sometimes tinged with ochreous; the terminal area generally fuscous; the lines starting from black costal spots; the inner and outer double, blackish, the inner minutely waved, the outer dentate; subterminal line pale, waved, preceded by a grey shade with dentate rufous marks in it; stigmata small, fuscous, the orbicular rounded, the reniform a narrow lunule, with two white dots on its inner edge and three on outer; hindwing white, the veins and termen dark grey; — in laciniosa Donz. the subterminal line consists of a row of 3 yellowish spots each extended to termen; — the form leucoptera Thnbg. , from Scandinavia, Finland, and the Ural Mts., has fuscous suffusion over the head, thorax, and forewing, the hindwing remaining white.
Habitat
- Dry slopes
- Fallow land
- Forest edges
- Glades
- Waysides
28-34 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
-
Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyBlýskavka čtyřtečná 
DanskStråtagsugle 
DeutschHeu-Staubeule 
EnglishPale Mottled Willow 
FrançaisNoctuelle cubiculaire 
LietuviųNaminis dykrinukas 
MagyarHalovány szürkebagoly 
NederlandsHuisuil 
NorskHusurtefly 
PolskiŚwiatłówka izdebnica 
SlovenčinaSivkavec štvorbodý 
SuomeksiHuoneyökkönen 
SvenskaAllmänt lövfly 
РусскийСовка наземная четырехпятнистая РусскийСовка четырёхточечная
- Primary hostplants
-
Family Latin name Vernacular name Asteraceae Leontodon Hawkbit Caryophyllaceae Stellaria media Common Chickweed Labiateae Lamium Dead-nettle Polygonaceae Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel
- Synonyms and other combinations
-
Latin name Author Noctua cubicularis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Noctua quadripunctata Fabricius, 1775 Noctua leucoptera Thunberg, 1791 Caradrina pulverosa Walker, 1857 Caradrina avicula Krulikowsky, 1909
- Subspecies
-
Species Author Caradrina (Paradrina) clavipalpis clavipalpis Scopoli, 1763 Caradrina (Paradrina) clavipalpis fogoensis (Traub & Bauer, 1983) Caradrina (Paradrina) clavipalpis harappa Hacker, 2004 Caradrina (Paradrina) clavipalpis pinkeri (Kobes, 1975) Caradrina (Paradrina) clavipalpis teidevolans (Pinker, 1974)
- Links
-
Language Website Authors African Moths Roy Goff Afro Moths Jurate De Prins. Willy De Prins Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson Lepidoptera of Crimea Владимир Савчук Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger North American Moth Photographers Group Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Moths Ian Kimber
The QR code below, when scanned, automatically opens a page with a description of this species. Placing the code on a label under the specimen, on poster or information board in a museum or exhibition will allow for quick and easy display of full information about the species on the smartphone of the interested person.
