{{short description|Species of false owlet moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = Tethea ocularis FvL.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Tethea ocularis | authority = (Linnaeus, 1767) | synonyms = *''Phalaena ocularis'' <small>Linnaeus, 1767</small> *''Phalaena octogesimea'' <small>Hübner, 1786</small> *''Tethea octogena'' <small>(Esper, 1788)</small> *''Cymalophora octogesima'' var. ''caucasica'' <small>Krulikowsky, 1901</small> *''Tethea ocularis caucasica'' <small>Werny, 1966</small> *''Tethea ocularis kosswigi'' <small>Werny, 1966</small> *''Tethea ocularis sareptensis'' <small>Zolotuhin, 1997</small> *''Tethea ocularis tsinlingensis'' <small>Werny, 1966</small> *''Cylamophora osthelderi'' <small>Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937</small> *''Tethea caspica'' <small>Ebert, 1976</small> }}
'''''Tethea ocularis''''', the '''figure of eighty''', is a moth of the family Drepanidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is found throughout Continental Europe and has a scattered distribution in England and Wales, although it is absent from Scotland and Ireland. [[File:Britishentomologyvolume5Plate272.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Illustration from John Curtis's ''British Entomology'' Volume 5]] thumb|140px|left|Fig 7, 7a larvae after final moult
The wingspan is 35–45 mm; the dark brown forewings being marked with dark-centred white stigmata which do look rather like the number 80. The hindwings are grey. The species flies from May to July{{ref|flight season}} and is attracted to light and sugar.
The grey and white larva feeds on poplar and aspen. The species overwinters as a pupa.
==Subspecies== *''Tethea ocularis ocularis'' *''Tethea ocularis ocularis amurensis'' <small>(Warren, 1912)</small> (Russian Far East, north-eastern and northern China, Mongolia, Korea) *''Tethea ocularis opa'' <small>Zolotuhin, 1997</small> (Uzbekistan, China: Xinjiang) *''Tethea ocularis osthelderi'' <small>(Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937)</small> (Iran) *''Tethea ocularis tanakai'' <small>Inoue, 1982</small> (Japan)
# {{Note|flight season}} ''The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.''
== References == *Chinery, Michael (1986, reprinted 1991). ''Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe''. *Skinner, Bernard (1984). ''The Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles''.
==External links== {{Commons}} {{Wikispecies}} *{{cite web |last=Kimber |first=Ian |url=https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/tethea-ocularis |title=65.010 BF1654 Figure of Eighty ''Tethea ocularis'' (Linnaeus, 1767) |website=UKMoths |accessdate=10 July 2019}} *[http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Tethea_Ocularis ''Lepiforum e.V.'']
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Category:Thyatirinae Category:Moths described in 1767 Category:Drepanid moths of Great Britain Category:Moths of Japan Category:Moths of Europe Category:Moths of Asia Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Thyatirinae-stub}}