Apamea sublustris

Reddish light arches
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Apamea
Species:	A. sublustris
Binomial name
	Apamea sublustris; (Esper, 1788)
Synonyms
	Phalaena (Noctua) sublustris Esper, 1788;

Apamea sublustris, the reddish light arches, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1788. It is found in central and southern Europe (including southern Great Britain), Turkey and the Caucasus.

Description

The wingspan is 42–48 mm. It differs from the very similar Apamea lithoxylaea in having the forewing shorter, more strongly suffused with brown, or brownish grey, especially along costa which in A. lithoxylaea is whitish: stigmata much plainer; outer line more continuously lunulate-dentate, the median shade at its lower extremity extending from inner to outer line; the terminal brown shades more distinct; the brown clouding on submedian fold before submarginal line absent; hindwing with better-defined markings.^[1]

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on the roots of various grasses, including fescues.^[2]

References

^ 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
^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.

External links

Kimber, Ian. "73.164 BF2323 Reddish Light Arches Apamea sublustris (Esper, 1788)". UKMoths. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
Savela, Markku. "Apamea sublustris (Esper, 1788)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 June 2019. Taxonomy
Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
Lepiforum e.V.
De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch)

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[1] 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

[2] Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.

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