Earias clorana, the cream-bordered green pea, is a moth of the family Nolidae. It is found in most of Europe eastwards across the Palearctic to the Urals and Western Siberia.
Earis chlorana L. (= viride Retz.) Forewing pale green; the costa white to beyond middle, the edge towards base brownish; hindwing white; the termen and fringe faintly greenish above vein 2; in the ab. flavimargo de Joan., from Brittany, the fringe is yellowish at base, brown in the middle, and white at the tips; ab. hemixantha de Joan, has the terminal area, except at costa, suffused with orange yellow. Larva whitish mottled with grey; the lines rusty grey, darker in places; pairs of somewhat pointed tubercles on segments 3, 4, 6, and 12; head pale green with black marks.[1][2] The wingspan is 16–20 mm.
Biology
The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.
Figs. 3 larva after final moult 3a cocoonHabitat, Germany
^Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Michael Fibiger, László Ronkay, Axel Steiner & Alberto Zilli,, Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 11 Pantheinae, Dilobinae, Acronictinae, Eustrotiinae, Nolinae, Bagisarinae, Acontiinae, Metoponiinae, Heliothinae and Bryophilinae. 504 S., Entomological Press, Sorø 2009 ISBN 978-87-89430-14-0
