Achlya flavicornis (Yellow Horned)

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Achlya flavicornis (Yellow Horned)

Yellow Horned (Achlya flavicornis)
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: Hooktip & false owlet moths (Drepanidae)
Subfamily: Thyatirinae
Genus: Achlya
Species: Yellow Horned (Achlya flavicornis)

Norwegian name: Vårhalvspinner

Host plants: Betula (Birch)

Confusion species: Frosted Green (Polyploca ridens)

Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info