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Spaelotis ravida, the stout dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in the Palearctic realm.

Spaelotis ravida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Spaelotis
Species:	S. ravida
Binomial name
Spaelotis ravida (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
Noctua ravida Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Phalaena (Noctua) obducta Esper, 1789 Phalaena (Noctua) austera Esper, 1789 Phalaena (Noctua) bigramma Esper, 1790 Phalaena (Noctua) obscura Brahm, 1791 Agrotis stabulorum Bienert, [1870] Agrotis glis Christoph, 1887 Rhyacia salva Corti & Draudt, 1933 Euxoa glis

The wingspan is about 42–50 mm. Meyrick describes it Antennae in male ciliated. Forewings fuscous, towards costa rosy-tinged an obscure blackish median dash from base ; sub-basal, first, and second lines slightly paler, obscurely darker-edged, distinct on costa ; orbicular and reniform partly outlined with black, sometimes connected by a blackish mark or touching, orbicular rather elongate ; subterminal line pale, anteriorly with somewhat darker suffusion. Hindwings fuscous-whitish, darker posteriorly. Larva ochreous-brown ; dorsal line somewhat paler ; subdorsal series of curved or sometimes nearly straight oblique yellowish marks, edged above with dark fuscous ; head grey, fuscous marked. Adults are on wing from July to August.[1]

The larvae feed on Artemisia, Cirsium, Rumex, and Taraxacum species.

The species is suspected to have disappeared from the United Kingdom as a resident species during the first decade of the 21st century.[2]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spaelotis ravida.

• Kimber, Ian. "73.349 BF2113 Stout Dart Spaelotis ravida ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)". UKMoths. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
• Lepidoptera of Sweden

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