Noctua fimbriata
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Noctua fimbriata, the broad-bordered yellow underwing, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in Europe and Asia, from Turkey eastward to the Caucasus, Turkmenistan, and Western Siberia (Novosibirsk Oblast).[2] In the Mediterranean part of its range it can be confused with the similar looking species Noctua tirrenica.[3]
Technical description and variation
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The wingspan is 45–55 mm.[4] The length of the forewings is 22–27 mm. Forewing ranging from pale ochreous and rufous in the female to red-brown and olive-green in the male; ochreous males are rare; markings slight in the female, strong in the male;inner line dark; outer and submarginal pale; upper stigmata large, pale-edged, often touching; a dark costal blotch before submarginal line: hindwing and fringe orange, with a very broad black border; the pale rufous forms are known as ab. rufa Tutt, and the deep red-brown forms as ab. brunnea Tutt; the dark olive-green males are solani F., while the paler more ochreous green specimens (? males) are ab. virescens Tutt; — a rare and handsome form of the males called by Tutt ab. brunnea-virescens has the deep red-brown and olive-green tints combine. forewing blackish = obscura Lenz.].[5][6][7]
Larvae are reddish ochreous, paler at the sides and with brown spots; dorsal line paler; a dark pale-edged bar across the 12th segment; spiracles pale on dark spots.[8]
Biology
The moth flies in one generation[4][8] from late June to October.[3] The larvae are polyphagous,[4][8][9] with hosts including Primula veris, Taraxacum, and Vitis.[9]
References
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ Michael Fibiger: Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 2 Noctuinae II. Entomological Press, Sorø, 1993, ISBN 87-89430-02-6.
- ↑ Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: Die Schmetterlinge Mitteleuropas. Band 4: Eulen. (Noctuidae). Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03752-5.
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