Noctuidae : Hadeninae
Devonshire Wainscot
LEUCANIA (Leucania) putrescens (Hübner,[1824])
Devonshire Wainscot
LEUCANIA (Leucania) putrescens (Hübner,[1824])
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Wingspan: 32-36mm
Worldwide Distribution: Southern Europe - including (Abania,Balearic Is.,Belarus,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Britain,Bulgaria,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Turkey,Gibraltar, Greece,Italy,Macedonia,Malta,Portugal,Romania,Sardinia,Slovenia,Spain,,Sicily) : North Africa : Israel : Lebanon
UK Distribution: Restricted to south west Britain and southern Wales
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Cliffs : Coastal Grassy Habitats in mildest areas of south west
Similar Species -
Larva: The 43mm final instar larva are in various shades of light brown or ochre with fine light dorsal line edged with brownish grey and whitish subbdorsal line.Pale whitish band beneath the spiracular line.Head pale brown with pair of dark vertical stripes.Larva feed on wide range of grasses including maritime grasses.
Pupa: Pupates beneath soil
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A Nationally Scarce A species found adjacent to the sea on cliff tops and grassy slopes in Devon and Cornwall in south west England and Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire in southern Wales.
Specimens have been recorded in other counties like Hayling Island in Hampshire.
This moth is the only Wainscot with heavy brown markings and a blackish shoulder stripe on forewing with an unmarked white hindwing.
Variation in forewing background occurs with some forewing colouring tending to be yellowish brown.
The moth flies by night and is attracted to both light and sugar.
Worldwide Distribution: Southern Europe - including (Abania,Balearic Is.,Belarus,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Britain,Bulgaria,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Turkey,Gibraltar, Greece,Italy,Macedonia,Malta,Portugal,Romania,Sardinia,Slovenia,Spain,,Sicily) : North Africa : Israel : Lebanon
UK Distribution: Restricted to south west Britain and southern Wales
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce A (Na - BAP : 1980-1993) = 16 - 30 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Noctua putrescens (Hübner,[1824])
- Phalaena comma Linnaeus, 1761
- Europe
Habitat: Cliffs : Coastal Grassy Habitats in mildest areas of south west
Similar Species -
Larva: The 43mm final instar larva are in various shades of light brown or ochre with fine light dorsal line edged with brownish grey and whitish subbdorsal line.Pale whitish band beneath the spiracular line.Head pale brown with pair of dark vertical stripes.Larva feed on wide range of grasses including maritime grasses.
Pupa: Pupates beneath soil
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A Nationally Scarce A species found adjacent to the sea on cliff tops and grassy slopes in Devon and Cornwall in south west England and Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire in southern Wales.
Specimens have been recorded in other counties like Hayling Island in Hampshire.
This moth is the only Wainscot with heavy brown markings and a blackish shoulder stripe on forewing with an unmarked white hindwing.
Variation in forewing background occurs with some forewing colouring tending to be yellowish brown.
The moth flies by night and is attracted to both light and sugar.
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.
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Teucrium scorodonia - Wood Sage
- Poaceae - Gramineae - True Grasses Family
- Dactylis glomerata - Cock's-foot - Orchard grass - In captivity
- Poa annua - Annual Meadow Grass - In captivity
- Valerianaceae - Valerian Family
- Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian
- Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Hadeninae Leucaniini LEUCANIA Ochsenheimer 1816 Leucania Ochsenheimer 1816 Leucania ( Leucania ) putrescens (Hübner,[1824]) - Phalaena comma Linnaeus, 1761 - NOCTUA putrescens (Hübner,[1824]) = Mythimna putrescens Hübner, 1824 = Noctua putrescens Hübner, [1824] = Noctua boisduvalii Duponchel, 1827 = Leucania (Leucania) putresces - Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. 1761-1826 : Lepidoptera 1111 : Noctua 11 : p.156 - f.730/731 - Europe - L.p.vallettai Boursin, 1952 - Malta |