Lacanobia blenna, the stranger, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1824. It is found in southern Europe, east to Turkmenistan.

Lacanobia blenna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Lacanobia
Species:	L. blenna
Binomial name
Lacanobia blenna (Hübner, 1824)
Synonyms
Noctua blenna Hübner, 1824 Hadena peregrina Treitschke, 1825 Noctua salsolae Rambur, 1829 Noctua trimenda Geyer, 1833

Technical description and variation

The wingspan is 36–44 mm. Forewing greyish ochreous, the median area tinged with brownish or fuscous; claviform stigma indistinct, black-edged, followed by a pale patch at base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform pale, partly black-edged, the lower lobe of the latter dark; submarginal line pale, with brown on each side of it, dentate to margin along veins 3 and 4; costa and apex pale; hindwing dull whitish, browner towards termen; the veins dark. Larva yellow, dotted with brown, especially on dorsal areathe brown dots ringed with pale, forming dorsal and subdorsal lines; lateral and spiracular lines yellow.[1]

Biology

The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on sea beet and Salsola kali.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lacanobia blenna.

• Kimber, Ian. "73.269 BF2161 The Stranger Lacanobia blenna (Hübner, [1824])". UKMoths. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
• "73.269 [B&F: 2161] Stranger (Lacanobia blenna) (Hübner, [1824])". Hantsmoths.
• Savela, Markku. "Lacanobia blenna (Hübner, [1824])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
• Lepiforum e.V.