Noctua interjecta
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| Noctua interjecta Hübner, 1803
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Noctua interjecta, the least yellow underwing, is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe.
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Technical Description and variation
- See glossary for terms used
The wingspan is 31–36 mm. The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm.Forewing greyish rufous, sometimes darkened with fuscous; lines and stigmata a little darker, often very obscure; hindwing orange yellow with a broad marginal black border; costal and inner margins, a submedian streak from base, and the cell blackish ; fringe yellow.[1]
Biology
The moth flies in one generation from late June to August.[1]
Larva pale ochreous with black dots; the lines pale, with darker edges. The larvae feed on various grasses and herbaceous plants such as Meadowsweet and Malva sylvestris.[2]
Subspecies
- Noctua interjecta interjecta (Alps, southern France, northern and south-eastern Spain, northern Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, northern Greece and Romania)
- Noctua interjecta caliginosa (Schawerda, 1919) (southern and central England, Wales, southern Ireland, northern France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands, northern Germany, Denmark, southern Sweden, Czech Republic and Austria)
Notes
- ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
References
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- Lepiforum
- Noctua interjecta, at funet.fi
- Fauna Europaea
- Noctua interjecta (Hübner, 1803), Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Least yellow underwing, at UKmoths
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