Orange footman

Wittia sororcula

''Wittia sororcula'', the orange footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is found in Europe, Anatolia and further east across the Palearctic to southern Siberia and the Amur basin to China.
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Appearance

The wingspan is 27–30 millimetres. Forewing with the costa strongly convex and therefore the apical portion of the forewing considerably broader than in the forms of the ''luterella'' group. Head, thorax, end of abdomen and the forewing bright golden yellow, the hindwing of male but little paler; in the female both wings slightly paler orange yellow. In contradistinction to ''lutarella'', the costal area of the hindwing above and beneath is never black.

Naming

*''Wittia sororcula sororcula''
⤷ ''Wittia sororcula orientis''

Behavior

The moth flies from April to June depending on the location. Larva blackish, with two yellow dorsal stripes with red dots and white spots. The larvae feed on lichen on trees, both on conifers and on deciduous trees . It can be obtained by beating saplings, bushes and grass. It is sometimes found feeding at flowers in the daytime.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusWittia
SpeciesW. sororcula
Photographed in
Netherlands