| Leucania putrescens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Leucania |
| Species: | L. putrescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucania putrescens (Hübner, 1824) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Devonshire wainscot (Leucania putrescens) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon.
S. putrescens H. G. (= boisduvalii Dup.) (25 d). Distinguished from punctosa by the greyer tone and black irroration; a black streak from base below cell; the white spot at lower end of cell round, not elongated ; terminal interspaces with black streaks. - Larva reddish ochreous; lines pale edged with dark; the subdorsal lines not interrupted. Subsp. canariensis Rbl., [ now full species Leucania canariensis Rebel, 1894] from the Canary islands, is smaller, the forewing darker, with a distinct black cellspot on underside. [1]
Adults are on wing from October to November. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various Gramineae species.
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