Peridroma saucia

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Peridroma saucia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Peridroma
Species: P. saucia
Binomial name
Peridroma saucia
Hübner, 1808
Synonyms
  • Noctua saucia Hübner, [1808]
  • Noctua polygona Borkhausen, 1792 (preocc.)
  • Noctua majuscula (Haworth, 1809)
  • Noctua margaritosa Haworth, 1809
  • Noctua aequa Hübner, [1813]
  • Noctua orophila Geyer, 1837
  • Agrotis inermis Harris, 1841
  • Spaelotis stictica Blanchard, 1852
  • Spaelotis infuscata (Blanchard, 1852)
  • Agrotis impacta Walker, [1857]
  • Agrotis intecta (Walker, [1857])
  • Agrotis ambrosioides Walker, 1857
  • Agrotis angulifera (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Agrotis ortonii Packard, 1869
  • Agrotis nigrocosta Tutt, 1892
  • Agrotis ochreacosta Tutt, 1892
  • Agrotis rufa Tutt, 1892
  • Agrotis brunnea Tutt, 1892
  • Agrotis philippsi Casparai, 1899
  • Agrotis ochronota (Hampson, 1903)
  • Agrotis cyrnaea Spuler, 1908
  • Agrotis fuscobrunnea (Strand, 1915)
  • Agrotis decolor Rebel, 1916
  • Agrotis tenebricosa Schawerda, 1929
  • Agrotis juncta Lempke, 1962
  • Agrotis saucia
  • Euxoa brunnea

The Pearly Underwing or Variegated Cutworm (Peridroma saucia) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe, but is also found further north because of its migratory nature.Elsewhere in the Palearctic ecozone it is found in North Africa, Asia Minor, Russia (including Russian Far East and Siberia, China, Taiwan and Japan. In the Nearctic ecozone it is found in the U.S.A. and south Canada and in the Neotropic ecozone in Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Ceylon.

The wingspan is 45–56 mm. The length of the forewings is 19–23 mm. The moth flies from May to November depending on the location.

The larvae (who are known under the common name of Variegated cutworm) feed on grasses and herbaceous plants.[1] Peridroma saucia is a major agricultural pest throughout the world, particularly in herbaceous crops but also in epidemic numbers affecting trees and shrubs.

Gallery

  • Female

  • Caterpillar

  • Male, dorsal view

  • Male, ventral view

References

  1. ↑ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.". 

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