Biology:Archanara neurica
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Archanara |
| Species: | A. neurica
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| Archanara neurica (Hübner, 1808)
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Archanara neurica, the white-mantled wainscot, is a nocturnal moth of the family Noctuidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1808. It is found in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark , France , Germany , Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Poland , Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland , the Netherlands and Serbia.[1] In the UK, its only regular sites are at RSPB Minsmere and Walberswick National Nature Reserve in Suffolk.
Technical description and variation
A. neurica Hbn. (= edelsteni Tutt) (49 h).[Adults are predominantly light brown, with a pale fringe along the front edge of the thorax]. Forewing brownish fawn colour, hardly dusted with darker; no distinct dark streak along middle; edges of stigmata marked by pairs of black dots above and below, interrupted in cell; the upper half of each broader than the lower; (in arundineta this is not the case;) median vein marked with black and white scales; lower lobe of reniform not black, but some black scales above median vein on each side of it; inner and outer lines complete, the latter strongly lunulate-dentate ; a row of black marginal lunules; hindwing brownish grey, with dark outer line and terminal border; tips of shoulders white; underside without cellspots or other markings. Larva dull bluish green, with 3 faint pale grey dorsal lines and fine black tubercles; spiracles black; head black-brown; thoracic plate yellowish brown with darker edge and dots.[2] The wingspan is 26–29 mm.
Biology
Adults are on wing in July and August in one generation in western Europe.[3]
The eggs overwinter and hatch into larvae that feed on common reed species,[4] including Phragmites communis and Phalaris arundinacea. They feed internally in the stems of their host plant.
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Warren. W. in 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
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ UK Moths
- ↑ "Archanara neurica (Hübner, 1808) - White-Mantled Wainscot". Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service, Ipswich Museum. http://www.suffolkbis.org.uk/sites/default/files/biodiversity/priorityspecieshabitats/actionplans/whitemantledwainscotmoth000.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q11958573 entry
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