词条 | Mythimna litoralis |
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| name = Shore wainscot | image = Mythimna litoralis1.jpg | image2 = Mythimna litoralis.jpg | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Lepidoptera | familia = Noctuidae | genus = Mythimna | species = M. litoralis | binomial = Mythimna litoralis | binomial_authority = (Curtis, 1827) | synonyms = }} Mythimna litoralis, the shore wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. A strictly coastal species,[1] it is found in Europe and Morocco in areas close to the shore. The wingspan is 36–42 mm. It is an ochre-colored moth having a distinctive white streak bordered with dark fine lines along the length of the forewing. Technical description and variation{{Entomology glossary hatnote}}The wingspan is 36–42 mm. Forewing smooth pale ochreous suffused with brown except along costa;median vein white, outlined with fuscous; the nervules towards termen whitish; the terminal interspaces with brown streaks; hindwing pure white. A coast species found in Britain, Denmark, N. Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Spain.[2] Larva reddish yellow; dorsal line fine, pale with dark edges; subdorsal lines blackish; spiracles black on a pale lateral stripe; head and thoracic plate yellowish. The larvae are monophagous, feeding exclusively on marram (Ammophila arenaria) leaves, a plant that grows on dunes along the shoreline.[3] References1. ^[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=2201 Shore Wainscot Mythimna litoralis - UKmoths] 2. ^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 3. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/ |title= Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS – A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.}} External links{{Commons category|Mythimna litoralis}}
5 : Mythimna (moth)|Moths described in 1827|Moths of Africa|Moths of Europe|Taxa named by John Curtis |
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