Tholera cespitis
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The Hedge Rustic is a species of moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found from Europe
to Siberia
.
The wingspan
is 34-40 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from the end of July to September.
The larvae feed on various grasses, including Nodus stricta, Calamagrostis purpurea, Festuca and Deschampsia
species. Larvae can be found from March to July. The species overwinters as an egg.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found from Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 34-40 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from the end of July to September.
The larvae feed on various grasses, including Nodus stricta, Calamagrostis purpurea, Festuca and Deschampsia
Deschampsia
Deschampsia is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. There are 30 to 40 species....
species. Larvae can be found from March to July. The species overwinters as an egg.
Subspecies
- Tholera cespitis cespitis
- Tholera cespitis armena Hacker, 1986