For the other moth with this common name, see Stauropus dentilinea and Stauropus alternus.
Lobster moth
At rest the wings are positioned with the costa and apex of the hindwings protruding from behind the forewings.
Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Notodontidae
Genus:
Stauropus
Species:
S. fagi
Binomial name
Stauropus fagi
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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