| Pale Shoulder (Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766)) |
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Scientific name: Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766) Common name: Pale Shoulder Other names: Noctuelle maculée French name: Collier blanc, Noctuelle maculée Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Heterocera Family: Noctuidae Subfamily: Acontiinae Wingspan: 26 à 30 mm. Biotope: Sunny waste lands, dry meadows, steppes. Geographic area: Southern Europe. Iran, India. Flight time: April to September. Number of generations : 2 Caterpillar: Dark brown with wavy pale brown lateral lines. Host plant: Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), Common Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis), Mallow (Malva spp.) |
The front part of the forewings is a greyish white colour with some grey traces. The forewings show a wide dark brown and olive green median band. This band is larger in the centre and extends forwards with a curved shape. There is a white mark on the outer edge and a brown mark near the apex. The Pale Shoulder flies during the day, especially when it's sunny. It is attracted to light at night. It overwinters as chrysalis. |
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Almost four years after having observed one Pale Shoulder in the Mediterranean region, here is one observation close to my home near Paris. |
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I have observed this Pale Shoulder in a waste land next to the Mediterranean sea. |
André Bon February 2013