Английская Википедия:Athetis pallustris

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Speciesbox Athetis pallustris, the marsh moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of Europe, the southern Urals, southern Russia, Ukraine, eastern Turkey, Siberia, the Amur region, the Russian Far East, Mongolia and northern China.

Technical description and variation

Шаблон:Entomology glossary hatnote P. palustris Hbn. (= lutea Frr., luteola Frr., exilis Ev.) Male forewing dull grey brown, somewhat sparsely scaled; inner and outer lines slightly darker, indistinct; orbicular stigma an elongate dark point; reniform a narrow dark lunule; submarginal line faint, preceded by a dark shade, stronger at costa; hindwing paler fuscous; the smaller female has the wings much darker, brownish fuscous, — the form aboleta Guen., from Norway and Lapland, is decidedly paler, the forewing more ochreous with less distinct markings; the hindwing whiter: — melanochroa Stgr. from Amurland is much darker fuscous in both sexes: — sajana Hmps. is a greyer form. Larva brownish; dorsal line whitish; head black.[1] The wingspan is 18–34mm.

Biology

The males are considerably larger. The females have more rounded forewings and tend to fly less readily. Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on various low-growing plants such as Plantago species (including Plantago major).

References

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  1. Warren. W. in 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, 1914Шаблон:PD-notice