Bena bicolorana (Fuessly, 1775)
(Scarce Silver-lines)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBena bicolorana (Scarce Silver-lines)
SubfamilyCHLOEPHORINAE (silver-lines)
FamilyNOLIDAE (short-cloaked and black arches moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Bena bicolorana (Scarce Silver-lines) :
1: Bena bicolorana (Scarce Silver-lines)
1 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
2 small green larvae, beaten from Oak . Photos: larva, feeding traces
Image 1: Larva and feeding tracesImage 2: Larva and feeding traces - enlargedImage 3: Larva - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 5: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlarged (3)Image 7: Larva - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 8: Larva - lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 9: Larva - lateral view - highly enlarged (3)Image 10: Larva - young - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 11: Larva - young - lateral view - highly enlarged

Bena bicolorana (Scarce Silver-lines) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bena bicolorana (Scarce Silver-lines)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bena bicolorana (Scarce Silver-lines)
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