Photedes minima
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The Small Dotted Buff (Photedes minima) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe.
Technical Description and variation
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The wingspan is 20–23 mm. The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm.Forewing pale ochreous, slightly dusted with darker, and washed with pale ochraceous; the median area in female usually a little deeper-coloured, especially in lower half; inner and outer lines fine, obscure, conversely lunulate-dentate, the teeth produced along the veins, sometimes paler-edged, generally marked only by vein-dashes; subterminal line faint, preceded by a diffuse dark shade, forming a patch at costa; hindwing ochreous, suffused with grey, thickly towards termen, with traces of a dark outer line; some specimens are more strongly suffused with ochraceous or rufous; these constitute the aberration lutescens Haw.[1]
Biology
The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.
Larva ochreous, sometimes pinkish, with darker transverse bars at the segments; dorsal and subdorsal lines paler; head brown; thoracic plate paler brown.The larvae feed on Tufted Hair-grass en Deschampsia flexuosa.[2]
References
External links
- Lepiforum
- Funet Taxonomy
- Fauna Europaea
- Vlindernet (Dutch)
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Small Dotted Buff at UKmoths
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