Sedina buettneri

Sedina buettneri, or Blair's wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eduard von Hering in 1858. It is found in the Palaearctic ecozone. Outside of Europe, it is occasionally found in temperate Asia, the coast of the Black Sea, the base of the Caucasus mountains, the Caspian Sea, Iran, Russia and further east to the Ural, the Lake Baikal and Altai region in Japan and the Kuril Islands.

Sedina buettneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Tribe:
Apameini
Genus:
Sedina
Species:
S. buettneri
Binomial name
Sedina buettneri
(Hering, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Arsilonche buettneri
  • Nonagria bloomeri
  • Simyra moltrechti
  • Archanara pumilana

Technical description and variation
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Forewing straw-colour, the veins rufous, the intervals with grey streaks; hindwing grey, with rufous veins. [1]The wingspan is 20–35 mm.

Biology

The moth flies from August to October in one generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Carex acutiformis and Glyceria species.

References
  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, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Kimber, Ian. "73.135 BF2376 Blair's Wainscot Sedina buettneri (Hering, 1858)". UKMoths. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  • Fauna Europaea
  • Lepiforum e.V.
  • Schmetterlinge-Deutschlands.de


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