title: Zanclognatha zelleralis
text: # Zanclognatha zelleralis
  
  Zanclognatha zelleralis, the dusky fan-foot, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke in 1850. It is found in central and southern Europe.
  
  ## Technical description and variation
  
  as Z. tarsicristalis H.-Sch. [synonym] Forewing greyer, less purple, than tarsiplumalis the subterminal better marked, bordered with dark on both sides; the outer line more dentate; the cell lunule ocellate; the ab. zelleralis Wocke [synonym] from Silesia, has narrower wings with fainter markings. Larva greyish yellow, finely dusted with dark ; dorsal line reddish, swollen laterally at the hinder edge of the segments; the reddish subdorsal shewing on the front halves of each segment; the colour varies from grey to brown with the green of the inside showing through.
  
  The wingspan is 31–36 millimetres (1.2–1.4 in).
  
  ## Biology
  
  The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.
  
  The larvae feed on fallen leaves.
  
  