Sideridis turbida
| White colon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Sideridis |
| Species: | S. turbida |
| Binomial name | |
| Sideridis turbida (Esper, 1790) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sideridis turbida, the white colon, is a moth of the family Noctuidae, subfamily Hadeninae. It is found throughout continental Europe, the British Isles and southern Scandinavia.[1][2][3]
Technical description and variation
The wingspan is 36–44 mm.[2][3][4]Forewing drab grey, suffused brown, except along costa and inner margin, and in an oblique pale fascia-form submarginal area;the pale submarginal fascia externally throw's off pale teeth; a long black streak from base below cell: median vein white, with only a small white spot at end of cell and a minute black point above it: veins whitish with black terminal streaks in the intervals:hindwing dark greyish, fuscous. - ab. suffusa Tutt is a melanic brown form common in Britain, occurring, but rarely, in the Alps; — ochracea Tutt is a brownish ochreous form, also rare, apparently, on the continent.[5]
Biology
The moth flies from May to July, with a second brood in August–September in southern parts of its range.
Larva reddish brown, with scattered black clots: dorsal and subdorsal lines black and fine; venter paler;thoracic plate black with 3 white lines; head brown. The larvae feed on various plants growing in sandy places, including dandelion and plantain.[4][6][7]
The English vernacular name refers to the only distinctive marking on the moth, a pair of white dots outward of the center of the forewing resembling a colon or joined into a > shape.
References
- ↑ Markku Savela. "Sideridis turbida". funet.fi. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- 1 2 Christopher Jonko (2011). "Sideridis turbida". lepidoptera.pl. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- 1 2 Bert Gustafsson (9 February 2011). "Sideridis albicolon". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- 1 2 Ian Kimber. "2152 White Colon Sideridis albicolon". UKMoths. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Wikisource:The Moths of the British Isles/Chapter 15#240
- ↑ "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.".