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Eublemma parva
The wingspan is 14–18 mm. Forewing pale ochreous, tinged with yellowish; the median shade preceded by brown suffusion, inwardly diffuse, outwardly concise, sinuous, projecting on each fold and edged with white ; outer line brown, somewhat quadrately projecting between 6 and 4, edged with pale, and followed by a brown cloud running into apex: a black dot on discocellular; submarginal line pale, hardly marked, containing a black speck below apex ; hindwing brownish grey, whiter towards base; — the ab. rubefacta Mab, from Corsica and Sicily, shows the basal and terminal areas of forewing dark brown tinged With rosy; the brown median shade and its pale edging very prominent; the hindwing dark; — in typical specimens the space between median and outer lines remains pale ochreous or brownish. Adults are on wing from March to November.
It is found from North Africa and southern Europe to Central Asia. Also Middle East, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northwest India It is a migratory species and is also found north of the Alps.
Spotted on Jul 25, 2016
Submitted on Jul 26, 2016
