Tethea ocularis

{{short description|Species of false owlet moth}}

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| taxon = Tethea ocularis

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1767)

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• Phalaena ocularis Linnaeus, 1767
• Phalaena octogesimea Hübner, 1786
• Tethea octogena (Esper, 1788)
• Cymalophora octogesima var. caucasica Krulikowsky, 1901
• Tethea ocularis caucasica Werny, 1966
• Tethea ocularis kosswigi Werny, 1966
• Tethea ocularis sareptensis Zolotuhin, 1997
• Tethea ocularis tsinlingensis Werny, 1966
• Cylamophora osthelderi Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937
• Tethea caspica Ebert, 1976

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Tethea ocularis, the figure of eighty, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found throughout Continental Europe and has a scattered distribution in England and Wales, although it is absent from Scotland and Ireland.

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The wingspan is 35–45 mm; the dark brown forewings being marked with dark-centred white stigmata which do look rather like the number 80. The hindwings are grey. The species flies from May to July{{ref|flight season}} and is attracted to light and sugar.

The grey and white larva feeds on poplar and aspen. The species overwinters as a pupa.