''Globia oblonga'', the oblong sedge borer, is a
moth of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
. The species was
first described by
Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1882.
It is found across southern
Canada from the
Maritimes
The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The Maritimes had a population of 1,899,324 in 2021, which makes up 5.1% of Ca ...
to
British Columbia, south to the
Gulf of Mexico and southern
California.
The
wingspan is 35–50 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.
The larvae initially leaf mine and later bore the stems of ''
Typha
''Typha'' is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae. These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush or reedmace, in American English as reed, cattail, or punks, in A ...
''
and ''
Scirpus'' species below the water line.
This species was formerly in the genus ''Capsula'', but ''Capsula'' was renamed ''Globia'' because of a naming conflict with a mollusk.
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Xyleninae
Moths of North America
Moths described in 1882
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