Snout moth from central Germany - Nessel-Schnabeleule (6839463912)

Description:

Description: seen at daytime, lots of Urtica along a shady path in submontane mixes-forest ! Hypena proboscidalis LINNAEUS, 1758 (the snout, Nessel-Schnabeleule), 1st generation Genus: Hypena SCHRANK, 1802 Family: Noctuidae (owlet moths, Eulenfalter) [det. "rockwolf", 2012, based on this photo] Superfamily: Noctuoidae (night owls, Nachteulen) Suborder: Glossata Order: Lepidoptera (butterflies & moth, Schmetterlinge & Nachtfalter) Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten) Foodplants: Urtica, Humulus, Stachys, Aegopodium info @ www.leps.it/ more info (in German): www.pyrgus.de/Hypena_proboscidalis.html or: www.insektenbox.de/schmet/nesseu.htm Germany, N-Hessen, Kassel: Habichtswald NP: vic. Herbsthäuschen, ca. 500m asl., 26.06.2011 ___________________________________________________________________________ 180mm (tamron 3.5), 1/250s, f/3.5, ISO640, 0EV, AL (no flash), hand-held IMG_2433. Date: 26 June 2011, 20:03. Source: snout moth from central Germany / Nessel-Schnabeleule. Author: gbohne from Berlin, Germany.