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Meganola albula, the Kent black arches, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in the Palearctic realm (Europe, Asia Minor, Iran, Caucasus, Russian Far East, Japan).

Meganola albula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Meganola
Species:	M. albula
Binomial name
Meganola albula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

The wingspan is 18–24 mm. The length of the forewings is 10–11 mm. The moth flies in one generation from mid-June to August .

The larvae feed on Rubus,[1] Fragaria vesca and Vaccinium species.

Since the 19th-century, it has spread north being first recorded in England in 1859, Denmark 1938, Schleswig-Holstein 1945 and Gotland 1949

Notes

1. ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meganola albula.

• Kimber, Ian. "74.002 BF2076 Kent Black Arches Meganola albula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)". UKMoths. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
• Lepidoptera of Belgium
• Lepiforum e. V.
• De Vlinderstichting. (in Dutch)

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