Arenostola phragmitidis

Arenostola phragmitidis, the fen wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Iceland, the Iberian Peninsula and the western part of the Balkan Peninsula), western Siberia, Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central Asia and China.

Arenostola phragmitidis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Arenostola
Species:
A. phragmitidis
Binomial name
Arenostola phragmitidis
(Hübner, [1803])
Synonyms
  • Noctua phragmitidis Hübner, [1803]
  • Phalaena (Noctua) semicana Esper, 1798
  • Leucania verecunda Eversmann, 1848
  • Arenostola semicana
  • Xanthodes morawitzii Ménétriés, 1863
  • Calamia phragmatidis f. maculata Warnecke, 1922

Technical description and variation
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

A. phragmitidis Hbn. (= semicana Esp., verecunda Ev., moravitzii Men.) (49 d). Forewing very smooth, pale ochreous, becoming pale brownish red towards termen; the fringe dark at tips; hindwing pale greyish ochreous; — the ab. rufescens Tutt (49 d) is flushed throughout with deep flesh colour; ab. pallida Tutt (49 e), the usual British form, is smooth pale ochreous throughout; ab. olivescens ab. nov. (49 e), is smooth olive grey, the hindwing dark grey. Larva bone-colour; subdorsal line somewhat interrupted, broad, purplish-fuscous; lateral lines similar, but narrower; head black; thoracic plate brown.[1] mThe wingspan is 32–36 mm.

Biology

Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed internally in the stems of Phragmites australis.

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References
  1. 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.
  • Kimber, Ian. "73.137 BF2377 Fen Wainscot Arenostola phragmitidis (Hübner, [1803])". UKMoths. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  • Fauna Europaea
  • Lepiforum e.V.


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