Nonagria typhae

Nonagria typhae
Nonagria typhae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Nonagria
Species: N. typhae
Binomial name
Nonagria typhae
(Thunberg, 1784)
Synonyms
  • Noctua typhae Thunberg, 1784
  • Noctua arundinis Fabricius, 1787
  • Phalaena (Noctua) nervosa Esper, 1790
  • Nonagria fraterna Treitschke, 1835

The Bulrush Wainscot (Nonagria typhae) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Ireland and Portugal to southern Fennoscandia, east to western Siberia, the Altai Mountains, Yakutia, Turkey, the Caucasus, Lebanon, Egypt, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and central Asia.

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The wingspan is 45-50 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October.

The larvae feed on Typha latifolia and Typha angustifolia.

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