- Source: Arctornis l-nigrum
- Daftar ngengat Taiwan
- Arctornis l-nigrum
- Arctornis
- List of moths of Great Britain (Lymantriidae)
- Black moth
- List of Lepidoptera of North Macedonia
- List of Lepidoptera of Lithuania
- List of Lepidoptera of the Netherlands
- List of Lepidoptera of Ukraine
- List of moths of Austria (A–E)
- List of Lepidoptera of Croatia
Arctornis l-nigrum, the black V moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was described by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1764. It is found in the Palearctic realm and Asia.
The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The moth flies from May to July.
The caterpillars feed on beech and birch.
Subspecies
Arctornis l-nigrum l-nigrum
Arctornis l-nigrum asahinai (Inoue, 1956) (Japan)
Arctornis l-nigrum okurai (Okano, 1959) (Taiwan)
Arctornis l-nigrum ussurica Bytinski-Salz, 1939 (Ussuri)
External links
Black V Moth at UKMoths
Fauna Europaea
Lepiforum.de