Capsula algae

Rush wainscot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Capsula
Species: C. algae
Binomial name
Capsula algae
(Esper, 1789)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Noctua algae Esper, [1789]
  • Archanara algae
  • Globia algae
  • Nonagria cannae Treitschke, 1825
  • Nonagria russa Eversmann, 1847

Capsula algae (rush wainscot) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Central and Southern Europe (and very sporadically in North-western Europe), Turkey, Armenia, Northern Caucasus, South-west Siberia.

Technical description and variation

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Forewing yellowish rufous, the rufous tint predominating in the male, the yellowish in the female; veins more or less tinged with grey; a dark smudge at lower angle of cell; an outer row of dark vein-dots; hindwing grey with a dark paler-edged outer line; a rare form, ab. liturata ab.nov. [Warren] has both lines complete and dentate throughout, the median vein thickly black; - in the Norfolk Fens a very dark form occurs, ab. fumata ab. nov. [Warren] with the wings, especially in the male, dark brown or black brown. [2]

Habitat.Italy

Biology

Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

Larva greenish dotted with black; head brown; thoracic plate pale green.The larvae bore the stems of Scirpus lacustris, Typha species and Iris pseudacorus.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ 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, 1914
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