Hypenodes humidalis

Hypenodes humidalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypenodinae
Genus: Hypenodes
Species: H. humidalis
Binomial name
Hypenodes humidalis
Doubleday, 1850[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypena turfosalis Wocke, 1850

The Marsh Oblique-barred (Hypenodes humidalis) is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. It is found in most of Europe and across the Palearctic to Siberia.[2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm.The forewing is whitish ochreous, irrorated irregularly with brown and dark fuscous. The inner line is indistinct; the outer line is irregular, oblique, dark fuscous and posteriorly whitish edged. The cellspot is small, dark, outwardly whitish edged. The subterminal line is straight, whitish, ill-defined and preceded by fuscous suffusion, running to the apex. The hindwing is grey. [3] Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of October.[4]

The larvae possibly feed on Juncus and/or Carex species.[5] The larvae can be found from July to May. The species overwinters in the larval stage. Pupation takes place at the stem of the host plant.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Hypenodes at funet
  3. Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
  4. vlindernet.nl
  5. UKmoths

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