About Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)
Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763) has a wingspan ranging from 26 to 35 millimeters, and its forewings measure 12 to 15 millimeters in length. The forewings are pale to dark grey with darker dusting, and sometimes have an ochreous tinge. The terminal area of the forewing is generally fuscous. Forewing lines start from black costal spots. The inner and outer lines are double, blackish; the inner line is minutely waved, while the outer line is dentate. The subterminal line is pale and waved, preceded by a grey shade that contains dentate rufous marks. Stigmata are small and fuscous; the orbicular stigmata is rounded, and the reniform stigmata is a narrow lunule, with two white dots on its inner edge and three on its outer edge. The hindwings are white, with dark grey veins and termen. In the form laciniosa Donz., the subterminal line consists of a row of three yellowish spots, each of which extends to the termen. The form leucoptera Thnbg., found in Scandinavia, Finland, and the Ural Mountains, has fuscous suffusion covering the head, thorax, and forewing, while the hindwing remains white.
