Orthosia cerasi (Common Quaker)

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Orthosia cerasi (Common Quaker)

Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg

Systematics :

Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Macro-moths ("Macro-heterocera")
Family: Owlet moths (Noctuidae)
Subfamily: Hadeninae
Genus: Orthosia
Species: Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)

Norwegian name: Tverrlinjet seljefly

Host plants: Betula (Birch), Quercus (Oak), Salix (Willows, Sallows and Osiers), Ulmus (Elm)

Confusion species: Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta), Lead-coloured Drab (Orthosia populeti), Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis)

Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info