{{short description|Species of false owlet moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = Tethea or2.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Tethea or | authority = (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | synonyms = *''Noctua or'' <small>Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775</small> *''Noctua ypsilon-graecum'' <small>Goeze, 1781</small> *''Noctua gamma-graecum'' <small>Retzius, 1783</small> *''Noctua consobrina'' <small>Borkhausen, 1790</small> *''Noctua octogena'' <small>Esper, 1791</small> *''Phalaena'' (''Noctua'') ''gemina'' <small>Beckwith, 1794</small> *''Tethea flavicornis'' <small>Aurivillius, 1888</small> *''Palimpsestis or hela'' <small>Rangnow, 1935</small> *''Tethea or nigrescens'' <small>Werny, 1966</small> *''Palimpsestis rufa'' <small>Houlbert, 1921</small> *''Cymatophora intermedia'' <small>Houlbert, 1921</small> *''Palimpsestis kurilensis'' <small>Matsumura, 1929</small> *''Palimpsestis akanensis koreibia'' <small>Bryk, 1948</small> }} '''''Tethea or''''', the '''poplar lutestring''', is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. The species can be found in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and Japan. The imago resembles ''Tethea ocularis''.
The wingspan is 38{{Sndash}}43 mm. The moths flies from April to August depending on the location. thumb|140px|left|Figs 6, 6a larvae after final moult 6b pupa <gallery mode=packed heights="140px"> (MHNT) Tethea or - Boskovice Czech Republic- Male dorsal.jpg|♂ (MHNT) Tethea or - Boskovice Czech Republic- Male ventral.jpg|♂ △ </gallery> The larvae feed on willow and poplar, mainly ''Populus tremula''.
==Subspecies== *''Tethea or or'' (Europe to Turkey) *''Tethea or akanensis'' <small>(Matsumura, 1933)</small> (Japan) *''Tethea or terrosa'' <small>(Graeser, 1888)</small> (Russia, Korea, Mongolia, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang)
==External links== {{Commonscat}} {{Wikispecies}} *[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1191 Poplar lutestring on ''UKMoths''] *[http://uahost.uantwerpen.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Drepanidae/Tor.htm ''Lepidoptera of Belgium''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714093959/http://uahost.uantwerpen.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Drepanidae/Tor.htm |date=2016-07-14 }} *[http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Tethea_Or ''Lepiforum.de''] *[http://www.vlindernet.nl/vlindersoort.php?vlinderid=67 ''Vlindernet.nl'' {{in lang|nl}}]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tethea Or}} Category:Thyatirinae Category:Moths described in 1775 Category:Drepanid moths of Great Britain Category:Moths of Europe Category:Moths of Asia Category:Taxa named by Michael Denis Category:Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller
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