Pechipogo strigilata

Pechipogo strigilata, the common fan-foot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found throughout Europe to the Urals then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, Amur, Ussuri, Korea and Japan.^[1][2][3]

Common fan-foot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Pechipogo
Species:	P. strigilata
Binomial name
Pechipogo strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Phalaena (Geometra) strigilata Linnaeus, 1758 [Phalaena] barbalis Clerck, 1759 Phalaena palpalis Fabricius, 1775 Pyralis pectitalis Hübner, 1796 Crambus barbata Haworth, 1809 Crambus palpatus Haworth, 1809 Pechipogon barbalis Polypogon strigilatus

Technical description and variation

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

The wingspan is 30–35 millimetres (1.2–1.4 in).^[2] Its forewings are ochreous dusted very densely with yellow brown; a slight dark cell mark; inner and outer lines brownish, more or less parallel, the inner curved in cell, the outer more widely beyond it; subterminal line oblique; hindwing with costal area pale, without markings; a faint outer line; subterminal dark, externally edged with pale.^[4]

Figs. 6 larva after hibernation on birch catkins 6a enlargement of two segments

Biology

The moth flies from late May until early July.

Larvae are dull reddish ochreous, with dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral rows of dark freckled diamond-shaped marks; head fuscous. The larvae feed on dead, decaying leaves of oak, alder and birch.^[5]