Noctua interjecta
| Least yellow underwing | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Noctua |
| Species: | N. interjecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Noctua interjecta Hübner, 1803 | |
Noctua interjecta, the least yellow underwing, is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe.
Comparison of 1, 2, 5, 6. broad-bordered yellow underwing (Noctua fimbriata) 3. lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing (Noctua janthe) 4. least yellow underwing (Noctua interjecta)
Technical description and variation
The wingspan is 31–36 mm. The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm. Forewing greyish rufous, sometimes darkened with fuscous; lines and stigmata a little darker, often very obscure; hindwing orange yellow with a broad marginal black border; costal and inner margins, a submedian streak from base, and the cell blackish; fringe yellow.[1]
Biology
The moth flies in one generation from late June to August.
Larva pale ochreous with black dots; the lines pale, with darker edges. The larvae feed on various grasses and herbaceous plants such as meadowsweet and Malva sylvestris.[2]
Habitat in France
Subspecies
- Noctua interjecta interjecta (Alps, southern France, northern and south-eastern Spain, northern Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, northern Greece and Romania)
- Noctua interjecta caliginosa (Schawerda, 1919) (southern and central England, Wales, southern Ireland, northern France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands, northern Germany, Denmark, southern Sweden, Czech Republic and Austria)
Notes
- ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "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.".
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Noctua interjecta. |
- Lepiforum
- Noctua interjecta, at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Fauna Europaea
- Noctua interjecta (Hübner, 1803), Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Least yellow underwing, at UKMoths
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.