| Crypsedra gemmea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Crypsedra |
| Species: | C. gemmea |
| Binomial name | |
| Crypsedra gemmea (Treitschke, 1825) | |
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Crypsedra gemmea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Central and Northern Europe.
C. gemmea Tr. (32 f). Superficially resembling L. viridana , the ground colour being the same olive- brown and the markings black and white; the orbicular stigma, however, is always round, not irregular in shape; the claviform of the ground colour, black-edged, sometimes with a few whitish scales in it, and of the ordinary shape, not triangular; the costal area is sprinkled with white scales; submarginal line white, preceded by black dentate marks; fringe brown with fine white chequering; hindwing in both sexes brownish grey, paler towards base, with cellspot and veins dark. Larva glossy bluish or greenish grey; tubercles black carrying a single pale hair; head, thoracic, and anal plates black brown. [1] The length of the fore-wings is 16–20 mm.
The moth flies from July to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various grasses, but prefer Molinia caerulea .
The garden dart is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout much of the Palearctic. Temperate regions of Europe, Central Asia and North Asia, as well as the mountains of North Africa. Absent from polar regions, on Iceland and some Mediterranean islands, as well as in Macaronesia.
The square-spot rustic is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, North Africa and east across the Palearctic and in North America.
The Hebrew character is a moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found throughout Europe.
Apamea monoglypha, the dark arches, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is a common, sometimes abundant, European species. It is found in most of Europe except northernmost Fennoscandia and the southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Greece. The species is also found in Anatolia, Turkestan, Western Asia and Central Asia, Siberia and Mongolia. In the Alps it is found up to heights of 2,500 meters. The smaller subspecies sardoa is found on Sardinia and Corsica.
Apamea crenata, known as the clouded-bordered brindle, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout the Palearctic realm. In the North it crosses the Arctic Circle, in the Mediterranean it is found only in cool locations and mountains avoiding very hot areas. In the Alps, it rises to an altitude of about 2000 metres.
Conistra erythrocephala, the red-headed chestnut, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributedin central and southern Europe and is recorded from Asia Minor, (Amasia).
Hypena rostralis, the buttoned snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe far into Scandinavia.Then through the Palearctic into Asia Minor, the Caucasus and east to Siberia. It is widespread at forest edges, forest clearings, shore areas, in gardens, park landscapes and cultivated land and rises in the mountains up to 1600 m.
Colocasia coryli is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe and Asia. In the north of its range, the distribution area includes northern Scandinavia, while in the south the moth is limited to montane areas of western and northern Spain, Sicily, Greece and Asia minor. To the east, the range extends across the Palearctic to Lake Baikal. In the Alps it is found at elevations up to 1600 m.
Hada plebeja, the shears, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to Asia Minor, Armenia, Turkestan, Central Asia, Mongolia, Siberia. Also Kashmir.
Hadena albimacula, the white spot, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe.
Fissipunctia ypsillon, the dingy shears, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm.
Tiliacea citrago, the orange sallow, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe as far east as the Caucasus Mountains and the Urals.
Helotropha leucostigma, the crescent, formerly Celaena leucostigma is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm.
Mesapamea secalis, the common rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in Europe, north-west Africa, Turkey and northern Iran.
Agrotis ripae, the sand dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is found in western Europe and North Africa and extends east across the Palearctic to steppe areas in Russia, Mongolia and Siberia.
Xylena vetusta, the red sword-grass, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found in the Palearctic realm from northwestern Africa through Europe and Asia up to central Siberia. In the north it is found up to the Arctic Circle and Iceland.
Agrochola litura, the brown-spot pinion, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found in Europe and the Middle East. It is possibly also present in North Africa, but this is unclear because similar looking species Agrochola meridionalis is found there.
The flame brocade is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The nominate subspecies T. f. flammea is found in Europe, mostly in the Mediterranean area up to Normandy. It is also found on the Channel Islands and it has spread to Southern England and Ireland. It is found in the Maghreb as the subspecies T. f. vividior. This also occurs in parts of Spain. The species lives primarily in dry areas, on warm slopes, grassy scrubland and in karstic oak.
Lasionycta calberlai is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in France , Switzerland, Italy and Slovenia.
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