Gluphisia crenata

Dusky marbled brown
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Gluphisia
Species:	G. crenata
Binomial name
	Gluphisia crenata; (Esper, 1785)
Synonyms
	List Bombyx crenata Esper, 1785; Gluphisia rurea Fabricius, 1787; Bombyx crenosa Hubner, 1796; Gluphisia crenata danieli Kobes, 1970; Gluphisia septentrionis Walker, 1855; Dasychira clandestina Walker, 1861; Gluphisia trilineata Packard, 1864; Gluphisia ridenda Edwards, 1886; Gluphisia formosa Edwards, 1886; Gluphisia albofascia Edwards, 1886; Gluphisia rupta Edwards, 1886; Gluphisia quinquelinea Dyar, 1892; Gluphisia japonica Wileman, 1911; Gluphisia crenata ab. amurensis Grunberg, 1912; Gluphisia crenata ab. tartarus Schawerda, 1919; Gluphisia crenata ab. vertunea Derenne, 1920; Gluphisia crenata ab. infuscata Matsumura, 1924; Gluphisia septentrionis f. opaca Barnes & Benjamin, 1927; Gluphisia crenata ab. albina Lucas, 1955; Gluphisia crenata f. variegata Lempke, 1959; ;

Gluphisia crenata, the dusky marbled brown, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1785. It is found in Europe, east over parts of Russia and China up to Japan. It is also found in North America, where it was traditionally treated as a separate species, Gluphisia septentrionis.

The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The moth flies from April to August in two generations depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Populus species, such as P. nigra, P. balsamifera and P. tremula, but also on Salix purpurea.

Gluphisia crenata exhibit a puddling behavior, sucking up fluid from puddles, pumping it through the digestive tract, and excreting it at 3 second intervals. ^[1]

Subspecies

Gluphisia crenata crenata
Gluphisia crenosa crenosa (Hubner, 1796)
Gluphisia crenata tristis Gaede, 1933 (China: Sichuan)
Gluphisia crenata meridionalis Kiriakoff, 1964 (China: Yunnan)

References

^ Scott R. Smedley in Resh, V. H. & R. T. Cardé (Editors) 2003. Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press.

External links

Media related to Gluphisia crenata at Wikimedia Commons
Dusky marbled brown on UKMoths
Savela, Markku. "Gluphisia crenata (Esper, 1785)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 31, 2019. Taxonomy
Fauna Europaea
Lepiforum e.V.
Schmetterlinge-Deutschlands.de Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Scott R. Smedley in Resh, V. H. & R. T. Cardé (Editors) 2003. Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press.

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