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Manulea bicolor

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Species of moth

Manulea bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Manulea
Species: M. bicolor
Binomial name
Manulea bicolor
(Grote, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Tigrioides bicolor Grote, 1864
  • Lithosia bicolor
  • Eilema bicolor
  • Lexis bicolor
  • Lithosia argillacea Packard, 1864

Manulea bicolor, the bicolored moth or yellow-edged footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in boreal North America, from Labrador and Massachusetts to Yukon and British Columbia. In the Rocky Mountains, it ranges south to southern Colorado.

The length of the forewings is 13–17 mm. Adult males are on wing from July to August. Females are brachypterous.

References

  1. Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.
  2. "930217.00 – 8043 – Manulea bicolor – Bicolored Moth – (Grote, 1864)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  3. Pacific Northwest Moths
  4. Robinson, E. & Schmidt, B. C. "Species Details: Eilema bicolor". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Manulea bicolor


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