Hypenodes humidalis

Hypenodes humidalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hypenodes
Species:
H. humidalis
Binomial name
Hypenodes humidalis
Synonyms
  • Hypena turfosalis Wocke, 1850

Hypenodes humidalis, the marsh oblique-barred, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Doubleday in 1850. It is found in most of Europe and across the Palearctic to Siberia.[2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewing is whitish ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) irregularly with brown and dark fuscous. The inner line is indistinct; the outer line is irregular, oblique, dark fuscous and posteriorly whitish edged. The cellspot is small, dark, outwardly whitish edged. The subterminal line is straight, whitish, ill-defined and preceded by fuscous suffusion, running to the apex. The hindwing is grey.[3] Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of October.[4]

The larvae possibly feed on Juncus and/or Carex species.[5] The larvae can be found from July to May. The species overwinters in the larval stage. Pupation takes place at the stem of the host plant.

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (5 July 2019). "Hypenodes humidalis Doubleday, 1850". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ "Moeras-micro-uil Hypenodes humidalis". De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. ^ Kimber, Ian. "72.060 BF2485 Marsh Oblique-barred Hypenodes humidalis Doubleday, 1850". UKMoths. Retrieved 14 March 2020.