''Chortodes fluxa'', the mere wainscot, is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

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

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1809. It is found in Europe and east across the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

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, and northern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Also in northern

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and the

Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically ...

. ''A. fluxa'' Hbn. (= ''junci'' Bsd., ''helmanni'' Guen. nec Ev., ''extrema'' H. Schaff. nec Hbn., ''saturata'' Stgr., ''expressata'' Krul.) (49 f). Forewing rufous, dusted with grey whitish; the rufous tint clearer along the two folds; the costa and veins dotted grey and ochreous; orbicular and reniform of the ground colour with pale outlines, the orbicular round or elliptical, the lower lobe of reniform dark; outer line indicated by a curved row of dark pale-tipped spots on veins; hindwing pale greyish luteous; the form ''hellmanni'' Ev., by which name the insect has hitherto been known, is sandy ochreous, dusted with darker, with very little or no red tinge; ab. ''pulverosa'' ab. nov. (49 f), has the grey dusting very strong, the dots of outer line obsolete, and the veins dark. Larva bone colour, dorsally tinged with red, whiter below; the spiracles black; head glossy, yellowish brown; thoracic and anal plates paler. Warren. W. in 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 The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is . The moth flies from July to August depending on the location. The larvae feed low down in the stems of ''

Calamagrostis epigejos ''Calamagrostis epigejos'', common names wood small-reed or bushgrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae which is native to Eurasia and Africa. It is found from average moisture locales to salt marsh and wet habitats.

'' in marshy districts; pupating in a slight cocoon in the ground.

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* Hadeninae Moths of Japan Moths of Europe Moths of Asia {{Hadeninae-stub