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Conisania andalusica , Barrett's marbled coronet is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1859. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, Germany and on the Iberian Peninsula. Outside of Europe, it is found in North Africa.

Conisania andalusica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Conisania
Species:	C. andalusica
Binomial name
Conisania andalusica (Staudinger, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
Dianthoecia andalusica Staudinger, 1859 Hadena andalusica Conisania (Luteohadena) andalusica Dianthoecia gedrensis Schawerda, 1924 Dianthoecia barrettii Doubleday, 1864 Harmodia zernyi Draudt, 1934 Dianthoecia luteago var. barrettii

The wingspan is 35–39 mm for males and 39 mm for females. Forewing dark grey, mixed with ochreous; the two upper stigmata and a patch beneath them beyond claviform palest; hindwing blackish; the antennae of the male are said to bear strongly developed teeth. It was described from the Sierra Nevada in Spain.[2] This species is very similar to Conisania luteago and separable only by genitalic characters.

Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on flowering plants in the genus Silene.[3]

Subspecies

• Conisania andalusica andalusica
• Conisania andalusica barrettii (Doubleday, 1864) (Ireland)
• Conisania andalusica zernyi (Draudt, 1934) (Morocco)

References

External links

• Kimber, Ian. "73.278 BF2169 Barrett's Marbled Coronet Conisania andalusica (Doubleday, 1864)". UKMoths. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
• "Conisania andalusica (Staudinger, 1859)". Insecta.pro
• Lepiforum e.V. Images and scan of original description

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