Globia algae

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

Globia algae, the rush wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1789. It is found in central and southern Europe (and very sporadically in north-western Europe), Turkey, Armenia, northern Caucasus, south-west Siberia.

The genus Capsula was renamed Globia because of a naming conflict with a mollusk.^[2]^[3]

Technical description and variation[]

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.^[4]

Habitat in Italy

Biology[]

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

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

References[]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Zilli, Alberto; Varga, Zoltan; Ronkay, Gábor; Ronkay, Laszlo (2010). A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea. The Witt Catalogue, Volume III. Apameini. Heterocera Press. ISBN 978-963-88014-3-2.
^ "Globia algae". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
^ 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

External links[]

Kimber, Ian. "73.152 BF2374 Rush Wainscot Globia algae (Esper, 1788)". UKMoths. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
"09868 Globia algae (Esper, 1789) - Teichröhricht-Schilfeule". Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[Zilli2005-2] Zilli, Alberto; Varga, Zoltan; Ronkay, Gábor; Ronkay, Laszlo (2010). A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea. The Witt Catalogue, Volume III. Apameini. Heterocera Press. ISBN 978-963-88014-3-2.

[gbif-3] "Globia algae". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-22.

[4] 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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