| Meganola albula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Meganola |
| Species: | M. albula
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| Binomial name | |
| Meganola albula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Meganola albula, the Kent black arches, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in the Palearctic realm (Europe, Asia Minor, Iran, Caucasus, Russian Far East, Japan).
The wingspan is 18–24 mm. The length of the forewings is 10–11 mm. The moth flies in one generation from mid-June to August [1].
The larvae feed on Rubus,[1] Fragaria vesca and Vaccinium species.
Since the 19th-century, it has spread north being first recorded in England in 1859, Denmark 1938, Schleswig-Holstein 1945 and Gotland 1949
- ^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.