''Hypenodes humidalis'', the marsh oblique-barred, is a
moth in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. The species was
first described by
Henry Doubleday in 1850. It is found in most of Europe and 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 ...
to
Siberia.
The
wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewing is whitish ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) irregularly with brown and dark fuscous. The inner line is indistinct; the outer line is irregular, oblique, dark fuscous and posteriorly whitish edged. The cellspot is small, dark, outwardly whitish edged. The subterminal line is straight, whitish, ill-defined and preceded by fuscous suffusion, running to the apex. The hindwing is grey. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of October.
The larvae possibly feed on ''
Juncus'' and/or ''
Carex'' species.
The larvae can be found from July to May. The species overwinters in the larval stage. Pupation takes place at the stem of the host plant.
References
External links
"08863 ''Hypenodes humidalis'' Doubleday, 1850 - Moor-Motteneule" ''Lepiforum e. V.'' Retrieved 14 March 2020.
Moths described in 1850
Hypenodinae
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Henry Doubleday
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