Common Fan-foot (Pechipogo strigilata)

Common Fan-foot, a reference photo — Photo: Ilia Ustyantsev · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Pechipogo strigilata, the common fan-foot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found throughout Europe to the Urals then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, Amur, Ussuri, Korea and Japan.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Common Fan-foot being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Phalaenostola metonalis

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pechipogo
Species: Pechipogo strigilata

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