Archanara neurica
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| Species: | A. neurica
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Archanara neurica, the white-mantled wainscot, is a nocturnal moth of the Noctuidae family described by Jacob Hübner in 1808. It is found in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, the Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Serbia.[1] In the UK, its only regular sites are at RSPB Minsmere and Walberswick National Nature Reserve in Suffolk.
The wingspan is 26–29 mm. Adults are predominantly light brown, with a pale fringe along the front edge of the thorax. Adults are on wing in July and August in one generation in western Europe.[2]
The eggs overwinter and hatch into larvae that feed on common reed species,[3] including Phragmites communis and Phalaris arundinacea. They feed internally in the stems of their host plant.
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ UK Moths
- ^ "Archanara neurica (Hübner, 1808) - White-Mantled Wainscot" (PDF). Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service, Ipswich Museum. Retrieved 16 November 2017.