Noctuidae : Xyleninae
Reddish Light Arches
APAMEA sublustris (Esper, 1788)
Reddish Light Arches
APAMEA sublustris (Esper, 1788)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 42 - 48mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,
Portugal,N Russia,Sardinia and Sicily) : Turkey : Caucasus
UK Distribution: Central southern and south east England - locally frequent : Cambridgeshire and East Anglia - mainly Breckland - local : south west England,Midlands,northern England,Wales and Ireland - very local
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Chalk and Limestone Grassland : Breckland : Sand-dunes : Shingle Beaches
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: Although similar to A.lithoxyaea this moth is generally darker,slightly shorter,broader and with a less pointed apex.The reddish-brown wedges on the outer edge and the solid bar through the centre of the median area define this moth. The ground colour varies from whitish to reddish straw.
The moth is attracted to sugar and is attracted to light after dusk often appearing at the moth trap in good numbers.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,
Portugal,N Russia,Sardinia and Sicily) : Turkey : Caucasus
UK Distribution: Central southern and south east England - locally frequent : Cambridgeshire and East Anglia - mainly Breckland - local : south west England,Midlands,northern England,Wales and Ireland - very local
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Noctua) sublustris (Esper, 1788)
- Noctua basilinea ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
- Not Specified
Habitat: Chalk and Limestone Grassland : Breckland : Sand-dunes : Shingle Beaches
Similar Species -
- Light Arches - Apamea lithoxylaea - ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: Although similar to A.lithoxyaea this moth is generally darker,slightly shorter,broader and with a less pointed apex.The reddish-brown wedges on the outer edge and the solid bar through the centre of the median area define this moth. The ground colour varies from whitish to reddish straw.
The moth is attracted to sugar and is attracted to light after dusk often appearing at the moth trap in good numbers.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Early stages not completely known.Larva feeds on flowers and seeds of various types of grasses. In captivity feeds on
flowers and seeds and finally roots of grasses.
Early stages not completely known.Larva feeds on flowers and seeds of various types of grasses. In captivity feeds on
flowers and seeds and finally roots of grasses.
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Xyleninae Apameini APAMEA Ochsenheimer 1816 Apamea sublustris (Esper, 1788) - Noctua basilinea ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) - PHALAENA (Noctua) sublustris (Esper, 1788) = Abromias sublustris (Esper, 1788) - APAMEA Ochsenheimer, 1816 = Abromias Billberg, 1820 - Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur by Esper, Eugen Johann Christoph, 1742-1810 : Title Page : p.408 - n.145 Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (36-37): pl. 133, f. 1 [nec f. 2] - Not Specified |