The common footman (Manulea lurideola) is a moth of the family Erebidae.

Beneath, the forewing is only suffused with sooty grey at the base and on the disc, so that a broad outer border is pale yellow.

Hindwing pale yellow with a slightly dark costal margin.

[1] This moth flies at night in July and August and is attracted to light and nectar-rich flowers.

According to Schmidt the larvae prefer the trunks of beeches and oaks, but (Seitz) "I often beat the moths out of the lower branches of high, solitary larches in the Alpine valleys; locally very common, especially in the mountains".