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Pelosia muscerda, the dotted footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is found in the Palearctic realm.

Pelosia muscerda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Pelosia
Species:	P. muscerda
Binomial name
Pelosia muscerda (Hufnagel, 1766)

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. The moth flies from June to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on lichens and algae.

External links

• Media related to Pelosia muscerda at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Pelosia muscerda at Wikispecies
• Kimber, Ian. "72.039 BF2041 Dotted Footman Pelosia muscerda (Hufnagel, 1766)". UKMoths. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
• Fauna Europaea
• Lepidoptera of Belgium
• Lepiforum e.V.
• De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch)

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