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Crypsedra gemmea

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Crypsedra gemmea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Crypsedra
Species:
C. gemmea
Binomial name
Crypsedra gemmea
(Treitschke, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Miselia gemmea
  • Polymixis gemmea
  • Hadena gemmea

Crypsedra gemmea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Central and Northern Europe.

Technical description and variation

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C. gemmea Tr. (32 f). Superficially resembling L. viridana, the ground colour being the same olive- brown and the markings black and white; the orbicular stigma, however, is always round, not irregular in shape; the claviform of the ground colour, black-edged, sometimes with a few whitish scales in it, and of the ordinary shape, not triangular; the costal area is sprinkled with white scales; submarginal line white, preceded by black dentate marks; fringe brown with fine white chequering; hindwing in both sexes brownish grey, paler towards base, with cellspot and veins dark. Larva glossy bluish or greenish grey; tubercles black carrying a single pale hair; head, thoracic, and anal plates black brown.[1] The length of the fore-wings is 16–20 mm.

Biology

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The moth flies from July to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various grasses, but prefer Molinia caerulea.

References

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  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, 1914Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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