Photedes captiuncula
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Photedes |
| Species: | P. captiuncula
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| Photedes captiuncula (Treitschke, 1825)
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Photedes captiuncula, the least minor, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe, in Turkey, Armenia, Russia and much of temperate Asia (western Siberia, Altai Mountains, Central Asia and Amur).[1][2]
Technical description and variation
[edit | edit source]The wingspan is 15–18 mm.[2][3] Forewing whitish ochreous, the base and costal area fulvous, olive-tinged; the median and terminal areas either simply deeper fulvous or darkened with blackish scales; the lines white, thicker in female than male, sometimes diffusely expanded on inner margin; orbicular and reniform sometimes orange-tawny, or grey brown and obscure, generally with pale rings; hindwing dark fuscous; in expolita Dbld.the usual North British form, the forewing is uniform greyish brown; this is also recorded from Armenia; — in tincta Kane, from Ireland, (which Staudinger wrongly sinks to captiuncula), the basal area is grey, the median deep pink, and the terminal pale glossy pink.[4][5]
Biology
[edit | edit source]The moth flies in June and July.
Larva (of expolita) ochreous tinged with reddish, more purplish on the dorsum of middle segments; head reddish brown; thoracic plate paler. The larvae feed internally (in the stem and roots) on glaucous sedge, Carex glauca and other sedges.[3][6][7]
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
- ^ Alberto Zilli, László Ronkay, Michael Fibiger: Apameini. In: W. G. Tremewan (Hrsg.): Noctuidae Europaeae. 1. Auflage. Band 8. Entomological Press, Sorø 2005, ISBN 87-89430-09-3
- ^ Wikisource:The Moths of the British Isles/Chapter 15#277
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External links
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- Fauna Europaea
- Funet Taxonomy
- Lepiforum.de
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