Shargacucullia scrophulariae

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Shargacucullia scrophulariae
Cucullia scrophulariae.jpg
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S. scrophulariae
Binomial name
Shargacucullia scrophulariae
Synonyms
  • Cucullia scrophulariae
  • Noctua scrophulariae
  • Shargacucullia rivulorum
Shargacucullia scrophulariae - MHNT

Shargacucullia scrophulariae, the water betony, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe, east to Turkey.

Caterpillar

Technical description and variation[]

C. scrophulariae Cap. (27 h). Not quite so broad as verbasci, the forewing paler and duller in coloration; the dark brown costal streak overlaid with grey and so paler than those on inner margin; the ground colour below median hardly paler, not strikingly whitish; hindwing much as in verbasci.[1] The wingspan is about 45 mm.

Biology[]

The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Scrophularia umbrosa, Scrophularia nodosa, Scrophularia auriculata, , Verbascum lychnitis and Verbascum thapsus.

Similar species[]

Shargacucullia scrophulariae is difficult to certainly distinguish from these congeners. See Townsend et al.[2]

References[]

  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, 1914Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Martin C. Townsend, Jon Clifton and Brian Goodey (2010). British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species. (covering the use of genitalia characters and other features) Butterfly Conservation.

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