Acosmetia caliginosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Acosmetia |
Species: | A. caliginosa
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Binomial name | |
Acosmetia caliginosa (Hübner, 1813)
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Synonyms | |
Noctua caliginosa Hübner, 1813 |
Acosmetia caliginosa, the reddish buff, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found throughout continental Europe and in southern Scandinavia.[1][2] then east across the Palearctic to Siberia.
In Britain it is rare and has protected status, being possibly confined to a single site on the Isle of Wight.[3]
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Its forewings are brownish grey frosted with paler dusting; the inner and outer lines dark, the inner outwardly curved; the outer waved and dentate, indented above and below middle, the teeth forming a second line beyond the first; stigmata pale, very obscure; a pale waved submarginal line inwardly shaded with brown; hindwing silky grey, darker towards termen; — the form aquatilis Guen., from Asia, is paler, the forewing yellowish grey. Larva sap green with the segmental incisions yellow; the lines white, slender.[4] The wingspan is 23–30 mm: females are smaller than males.[2][5]
The moth flies in June and July.