Biology:Capsula algae
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| Species: | C. algae
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| Capsula algae (Esper, 1789)[1]
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Capsula algae, the rush wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1789. It is found in central and southern Europe (and very sporadically in north-western Europe), Turkey, Armenia, northern Caucasus, south-west Siberia.
Technical description and variation
The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Forewing yellowish rufous, the rufous tint predominating in the male, the yellowish in the female; veins more or less tinged with grey; a dark smudge at lower angle of cell; an outer row of dark vein-dots; hindwing grey with a dark paler-edged outer line; a rare form, ab. liturata ab. nov. [Warren] has both lines complete and dentate throughout, the median vein thickly black; - in the Norfolk Fens a very dark form occurs, ab. fumata ab. nov. [Warren] with the wings, especially in the male, dark brown or black brown.[2]
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Biology
Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.
The larva are greenish dotted with black; head brown; thoracic plate pale green. The larvae bore the stems of Scirpus lacustris, Typha species and Iris pseudacorus.
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ 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
External links
- Kimber, Ian. "73.152 BF2374 Rush Wainscot Globia algae (Esper, 1788)". https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/globia-algae/. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- "09868 Globia algae (Esper, 1789) - Teichröhricht-Schilfeule". Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q1377510 entry
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