Photedes extrema

Photedes extrema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Photedes
Species:	P. extrema
Binomial name
	Photedes extrema; (Hübner, 1809)
Synonyms
	Noctua extrema Hübner, 1809; Chortodes extremus (Hübner, 1809); Photedes extremus (Hübner, 1809);

Photedes extrema, the concolorous, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula, Norway, Italy, Bulgaria and Greece).

Technical description and variation

A. extrema Hbn. (= concolor Guen.) (49 g). Forewing bone white slightly dusted with grey, with no markings except the outer, much curved, row of dark vein spots and some black terminal spots; hindwing pale grey; in shape of forewing agreeing with fluxa Tr. ^[1] The wingspan is 26–28 mm.

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to July. Whereas Chortodes fluxa and Denticucullus pygmina appear only in August and September respectively. The larvae feed internally on the stems of Calamagrostis species.

References

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

External links

Kimber, Ian. "73.149 BF2347 The Concolorous Photedes extrema (Hübner, [1809])". UKMoths. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
Fauna Europaea
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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, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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