Eilema sororcula (Hufnagel, 1766)
(Orange Footman)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEilema sororcula (Orange Footman)
GenusEilema (footman moths)
TribeLithosiini (footmen)
SubfamilyARCTIINAE (ermines, tigers and footmen)
FamilyEREBIDAE (a family of 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 Eilema sororcula (Orange Footman) :
1: Eilema sororcula (Orange Footman)
11 Jun 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on wall under street light, 3:30pm
Image 1: At rest on wall during daylight
2: Eilema sororcula (Orange Footman)
10 May 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, flew off car as I opened boot
Image 1: Male - alert(ish) - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Male - alert - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged (2)

Eilema sororcula (Orange Footman) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eilema sororcula (Orange Footman)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eilema sororcula (Orange Footman)
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