Globia algae
| Rush wainscot | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Globia |
| Species: | G. algae
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| Binomial name | |
| Globia algae | |
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Globia algae, the rush wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1789. It is found in central and southern Europe (and very sporadically in north-western Europe), Turkey, Armenia, northern Caucasus, south-west Siberia.
The genus Capsula was renamed Globia because of a naming conflict with a mollusk.[2][3]
Technical description and variation[edit]
The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Forewing yellowish rufous, the rufous tint predominating in the male, the yellowish in the female; veins more or less tinged with grey; a dark smudge at lower angle of cell; an outer row of dark vein-dots; hindwing grey with a dark paler-edged outer line; a rare form, ab. liturata ab. nov. [Warren] has both lines complete and dentate throughout, the median vein thickly black; - in the Norfolk Fens a very dark form occurs, ab. fumata ab. nov. [Warren] with the wings, especially in the male, dark brown or black brown.[4]
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Biology[edit]
Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.
The larvae are greenish dotted with black; head brown; thoracic plate pale green. The larvae bore the stems of Scirpus lacustris, Typha species and Iris pseudacorus.
References[edit]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Zilli, Alberto; Varga, Zoltan; Ronkay, Gábor; Ronkay, Laszlo (2010). A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea. The Witt Catalogue, Volume III. Apameini. Heterocera Press. ISBN 978-963-88014-3-2.
- ^ "Globia algae". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ 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
External links[edit]
- Kimber, Ian. "73.152 BF2374 Rush Wainscot Globia algae (Esper, 1788)". UKMoths. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- "09868 Globia algae (Esper, 1789) - Teichröhricht-Schilfeule". Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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