Noctuidae : Xyleninae
Bulrush Wainscot
NONAGRIA typhae (Thunberg, 1784)
Bulrush Wainscot
NONAGRIA typhae (Thunberg, 1784)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 45 -50mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - not Slovenia & Ukraine : West Siberia : Altai : Yukatia : Turkey : Caucasus : Lebanon : Egypt : Arabia : Iraq : Iran : Afghanistan : Central Asia
UK Distribution: England,Wales & Isle of Man - quite well distributed : Southernsouth-west,central and north-east Scotland,Ireland and Channel isles - local
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Lakes : Ditches : Pond edges : Fens : Marshes
Similar Species -
Pupa: The pupa is formed head downwards within the larval food plant
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: Although similar to the Large Wainscot this moth can easily be separated by the subterminal black dashes or wedge shape markings.From the cross line in the median area which is cream with reddish brown edging a series of whitish vein markings finish at the termen.
The antemedian and postmedian cross lines are seen as a series of black dots.
The male is light reddish brown, sometimes much darker, making venation even clearer.
The hindwing on both sexes is creamy white with a suffused black band in the subterminal area.
On straw brown coloured forewings specimens a broader curved cream line follows the vention lines just inwards of the costa finishing at the black dashes.
The moths usually attracted to light and are found at the moth trap are usually wandering females and are found to be some distance from breeding sites. The moth does not feed.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - not Slovenia & Ukraine : West Siberia : Altai : Yukatia : Turkey : Caucasus : Lebanon : Egypt : Arabia : Iraq : Iran : Afghanistan : Central Asia
UK Distribution: England,Wales & Isle of Man - quite well distributed : Southernsouth-west,central and north-east Scotland,Ireland and Channel isles - local
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Noctua typhae (Thunberg, 1784)
- Noctua typhae (Thunberg, 1784)
- Sweden - locality unknown
Habitat: Lakes : Ditches : Pond edges : Fens : Marshes
Similar Species -
- Large Wainscot - Rhizedra lutosa (Hübner, 1803)
Pupa: The pupa is formed head downwards within the larval food plant
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: Although similar to the Large Wainscot this moth can easily be separated by the subterminal black dashes or wedge shape markings.From the cross line in the median area which is cream with reddish brown edging a series of whitish vein markings finish at the termen.
The antemedian and postmedian cross lines are seen as a series of black dots.
The male is light reddish brown, sometimes much darker, making venation even clearer.
The hindwing on both sexes is creamy white with a suffused black band in the subterminal area.
On straw brown coloured forewings specimens a broader curved cream line follows the vention lines just inwards of the costa finishing at the black dashes.
The moths usually attracted to light and are found at the moth trap are usually wandering females and are found to be some distance from breeding sites. The moth does not feed.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website
where further information like photos,physical
characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal
uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
- Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Cyperaceae - Sedge Family
- Schoenoplectus lacustris - Bulrush
- Typhaceae - Reedmace Family
- Typha angustifolia - Small Reed Mace - Narrowleaf Cattail
- Typha latifolia - Reedmace - Bulrush
- Typha angustifolia - Small Reed Mace - Narrowleaf Cattail
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Xylenidae Apameini NONAGRIA Ochsenheimer, 1816 Nonagria typhae (Thunberg, 1784) - Noctua typhae (Thunberg, 1784) - NOCTUA typhae (Thunberg, 1784) = Noctua arundinis Fabricius, 1787 = Phalaena (Noctua) nervosa Esper, 1790 = Nonagria fraterna Treitschke, 1835 - D.D. Dissertatio entomologia sistens insecta svecica - Thunberg, Carl Peter, 1743-1828 - Title Page : p.3 & 4 - Sweden - locality unknown |