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The #BarredSallow #Tiliacea #aurago (#Noctuidae, #Lepidoptera) is widespread in #Europe. The #caterpillars feed on European #beech, #hornbeam, and #oaks, as well as bilberry. Unlike other Noctuidae, the moths emerge in late summer and fly in the #autumn. The eggs overwinter. B. Benedek & J. Babics (2016) #taxonomically #revised the #genus Tiliacea.
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#Reference:
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4171.3.7

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A striking #character of adult #mites in #Histiostomatidae (#Astigmata) is a highly #sclerotized area on the upper surface of #proterosoma. Its #latticelike #structure forms a #taxonomically relevant #symmetrical #pattern of windows, for which I introduced a #nomenclature in my PhD thesis. This area is a site of #muscleorigins (see #SEM section through a bigger specimen of #Acaridae).
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