Moma alpium


Moma alpium is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.

Technical description and variation

D. alpium Osb. . Forewing bluegreen, the costa and both folds white: stigmata and lines black; outer hue with brown outer border; hindwing fuscous, with black and white marks at anal angle. — In the form murrhina Grues., from Western Asia, the green of the forewing is much more broken up by black markings between the lines, and the brown shade beyond outer line is wider and extends into the fringe. — The examples from Japan
are as large as European, those from Corea decidedly smaller. Larva pale brown streaked with yellow; dorsum black with 3 transverse yellowish white blotches; tubercles reddish, bearing erect tufts of hairs.

Biology

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. The moth flies from May to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on oak, European beech and birch.