Simyra venosa var. centripuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
Arsilonche albovenosa var. tanaica Alpheraky, 1908
Arsilonche albovenosa cretacea Wagner, 1929
Arsilonche albovenosa f. tjurana Draudt, 1936
Simura albovenosa africana Rungs, 1957
The wingspan is 32–40 mm. Forewings whitish-ochreous, sometimes sprinkled with dark fuscous; indistinct brownish median, submedian, and dorsal streaks; sometimes blackish terminal dots. Hindwings white. Larva blackish or dark brown-grey, pale-marbled; subdorsal and subspiracular lines pale ochreous-yellowish, often reddish-marked; tubercles on these yellow or orange; fascicles of pale reddish-brown and black hairs; head black, streaked with ochreous. [1]
Adults are on wing in two generations from April to mid September. Occasionally, a partial third generation occurs in October.
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simyra, albovenosa, reed, dagger, moth, family, noctuidae, found, most, europe, then, turkey, iran, transcaucasus, into, east, palearctic, central, asia, siberia, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder. Simyra albovenosa the reed dagger is a moth of the family Noctuidae It is found in most of Europe then Turkey Iran Transcaucasus and into the east Palearctic Central Asia Siberia Simyra albovenosaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraSuperfamily NoctuoideaFamily NoctuidaeGenus SimyraSpecies S albovenosaBinomial nameSimyra albovenosa Goeze 1781 SynonymsPhalaena albovenosa Goeze 1781 Phalaena Noctua albovenosa Goeze 1781 Phalaena venosa Borkhausen 1792 Noctua degener Hubner 1808 Noctua atomina Haworth 1809 Simyra venosa var centripuncta Herrich Schaffer 1856 Arsilonche albovenosa var tanaica Alpheraky 1908 Arsilonche albovenosa cretacea Wagner 1929 Arsilonche albovenosa f tjurana Draudt 1936 Simura albovenosa africana Rungs 1957The wingspan is 32 40 mm Forewings whitish ochreous sometimes sprinkled with dark fuscous indistinct brownish median submedian and dorsal streaks sometimes blackish terminal dots Hindwings white Larva blackish or dark brown grey pale marbled subdorsal and subspiracular lines pale ochreous yellowish often reddish marked tubercles on these yellow or orange fascicles of pale reddish brown and black hairs head black streaked with ochreous 1 larvaThe larvae feed on Typha latifolia Juncus species including Juncus gerardii Scirpus Eleocharis palustris Eriophorum Elymus arenarius Phalaris arundinacea Phragmites communis Festuca rubra Festuca arundinacea Salix Rumex crispus Filipendula ulmaria Potentilla palustris Angelica archangelica Sonchus arvensis and Aster tripolium S albovenosa inhabits reed beds and fenland Adults are on wing in two generations from April to mid September Occasionally a partial third generation occurs in October References edit Meyrick E 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan London pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Simyra albovenosa Reed Dagger on UKmoths Fauna Europaea Lepiforum de nbsp This Acronictinae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Simyra albovenosa amp oldid 1133129516, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
