Spaelotis ravida

Spaelotis ravida, the stout dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

Forewings fuscous, towards costa rosy-tinged an obscure blackish median dash from base; sub-basal, first, and second lines slightly paler, obscurely darker-edged, distinct on costa; orbicular and reniform partly outlined with black, sometimes connected by a blackish mark or touching, orbicular rather elongate; subterminal line pale, anteriorly with somewhat darker suffusion.

Larva ochreous-brown; dorsal line somewhat paler; subdorsal series of curved or sometimes nearly straight oblique yellowish marks, edged above with dark fuscous; head grey, fuscous marked.

[1] The larvae feed on Artemisia, Cirsium, Rumex, and Taraxacum species.

3,3a,3b,3c larva after last moult