Flame shoulder: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the flame shoulder lives – recorded in 16 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ochropleura plecta
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	16 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Noctuidae

Where does the flame shoulder live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the flame shoulder in 16 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the flame shoulder?

The flame shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Noctuidae, genus Ochropleura. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the flame shoulder

The flame shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is distributed throughout the Palearctic from Ireland in the west to Siberia then Korea and Japan in the east.

The forewings of this species are reddish brown with a black streak interrupted by white stigmata and a creamy-yellow streak along the costa which gives the species its common name. The hindwings are pure white.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Flame shoulder (revision 1327837158), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1603074 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).