Noctuidae : Hadeninae
Southern Wainscot
MYTHIMNA (Mythimna) straminea (Treitschke, 1825)
Southern Wainscot
MYTHIMNA (Mythimna) straminea (Treitschke, 1825)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 32-40mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Madeira & Malta) - western side of Palearctic ecozone - Morocco : Turkey : Caucasus : Israel : Lebanon
UK Distribution: southern,south-western England and E Anglia - widespread and fairly well distributed : Wales,Midlands,Cheshire,Yorkshire and Cumbria - more local : Ireland - recorded from scattered localities : Channel Isles - widespread and frequent
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Marshes : Fens : Marshy River Banks : Canals : Ditches
Similar Species -
Pupa: pupates in cocoon made from plant litter
Overwinters as: Small Larva
Observations: Although difficult to separate the following gives guidance to small differences which aid in separating the above similar species. Common Wainscot - no straight termen or pointed apex,also missing postmedian line of black spots. Obscure Wainscot - has narrower forewing,more pointed apex and terminal row of black spots running parallel with termen.Shore,Devonshire Wainscot and Cosmopolitan - all have pure white hindwings as does the similar looking Reed Dagger whereas the Southern Wainscot has whitish ochreous hindwings.
Sugaring on reeds and flowering grasses attract the moth and also comes to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Madeira & Malta) - western side of Palearctic ecozone - Morocco : Turkey : Caucasus : Israel : Lebanon
UK Distribution: southern,south-western England and E Anglia - widespread and fairly well distributed : Wales,Midlands,Cheshire,Yorkshire and Cumbria - more local : Ireland - recorded from scattered localities : Channel Isles - widespread and frequent
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Leucania straminea (Treitschke, 1825)
- Phalaena turca (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Austria
Habitat: Marshes : Fens : Marshy River Banks : Canals : Ditches
Similar Species -
- Common Wainscot - Mythimna pallens - (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Obscure Wainscot - Leucania obsoleta - (Hübner, [1803])
- Shore Wainscot - Mythimna litoralis - (Curtis, 1827)
- Devonshire Wainscot - Leucania putrescens - (Hübner, [1824])
- Cosmopolitan - Leucania loreyi - (Duponchel, 1827)
- Reed Dagger or Powdered Wainscot - Simyra albovenosa - (Goeze, 1781)
Pupa: pupates in cocoon made from plant litter
Overwinters as: Small Larva
Observations: Although difficult to separate the following gives guidance to small differences which aid in separating the above similar species. Common Wainscot - no straight termen or pointed apex,also missing postmedian line of black spots. Obscure Wainscot - has narrower forewing,more pointed apex and terminal row of black spots running parallel with termen.Shore,Devonshire Wainscot and Cosmopolitan - all have pure white hindwings as does the similar looking Reed Dagger whereas the Southern Wainscot has whitish ochreous hindwings.
Sugaring on reeds and flowering grasses attract the moth and also comes to light.
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.
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.
- Poaceae - Gramineae - True Grasses Family
- Phalaris arundinacea - Reed canary grass
- Phragmites australis - Common Reed
- Poa trivialis - Rough-stalked meadow-grass
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Hadeninae Leucaniini MYTHIMNA Ochsenheimer, 1816 mythimna Ochsenheimer, 1816 Mythimna (Mythimna) straminea (Treitschke, 1825) - Phalaena turca (Linnaeus, 1761) - LEUCANIA straminea (Treitschke, 1825) - MYTHIMNA Ochsenheimer, 1816 - Genus mythimna Ochsenheimer, 1816 - Subgenus = Aletia Hübner 1821 - Treitschke, 1826 in Ochsenheimer's Die schmetterlinge von Europa 5 : (pt.2) : Title Page : page 297 - n.4 - Austria |
