Condica capensis
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|Apamea capensis|Guenée, 1852
|Perigea capensis|
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Condica capensis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found across Africa, the Indian sub-continent and South-East Asia. In Europe, it is only common in southern Spain, but can be found further north.
Technical description and variation
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Forewing fuscous on a rufous ground, dusted with grey along costa, below and beyond lower angle of cell, and along termen; the veins dark; inner and outer lines conversely lunulate-dentate, the teeth marked by black and white points, the lunules yellow; subterminal line whitish, dentate, preceded by small tooth shaped black spots; claviform stigma small, outlined in black; orbicular small, constricted in middle, the centre brown and ring pale; reniform with centre yellowish in upper half, white in lower, this lower lobe surrounded with small white dots outlined in black; hindwing dull white, the veins and termen suffused with brown, or wholly brown in female. Larva smooth, pale green, the anal segment humped; a series of purplish brown dorsal and lateral blotches dappled with white; a sublateral series of white dots; pupa greenish, with the segmental incisions reddish.Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914{{PD-notice}} The wingspan is 28–36 mm.
Biology
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Carthamus tinctorius.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110814081342/http://database.prota.org/PROTAhtml/Carthamus%20tinctorius_En.htm Information about the host plant Carthamus tinctorius]
- [http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/2390.php hantsmoths]
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Category:Moths of the Middle East
Category:Moths described in 1852
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