''Setina flavicans'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family Erebidae. It is found in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

and on the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...

. The

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is 28–31 mm for males and 20–25 mm for females. The larvae feed on various lichen species.Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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Subspecies

*''Setina flavicans flavicans'' *''Setina flavicans pseudoirrorela'' de Freina & Witt, 1985 (northern part of the Iberian Peninsula and the Pyrenees and its northern ranges)

References

External links

Lepiforum.de
Moths described in 1836 Endrosina Moths of Europe Taxa named by Carl Geyer {{Endrosina-stub