Pelosia obtusa, the small dotted footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1847. It is found from central Europe through Asia to the Pacific Ocean.

Pelosia obtusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Pelosia
Species:	P. obtusa
Binomial name
Pelosia obtusa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
Paidia obtusa Herrich-Schäffer, [1852] Paidina obtusa var. sutschana Staudinger, 1892

The wingspan is 12–28 mm for males and 16–28 mm for females. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from April to August.

The larvae feed on moss, algae and lichen.[2] Larvae can be found in late summer. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

Subspecies

• Pelosia obtusa obtusa
• Pelosia obtusa pavlasi Witt, 1984 (Spain)
• Pelosia obtusa sutschana (Staudinger, 1892) (Amur, Primorye, Heilongjiang, Japan)
• Pelosia obtusa taurica Daniel, 1939
• Pelosia obtusa uniformis Rothschild, 1921

References

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External links

• Kimber, Ian. "72.040 BF2042 Small Dotted Footman Pelosia obtusa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)". UKMoths. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
• Savela, Markku. "Pelosia obtusa (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
• Lepiforum. e.V.
• Schmetterlinge-Deutschlands.de