Protarchanara brevilinea

Protarchanara brevilinea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Protarchanara
Species:	P. brevilinea
Binomial name
Protarchanara brevilinea (Fenn, 1864)
Synonyms
Chortodes brevilinea Nonagria brevilinea Nonagria impudica Photedes brevilinea

Protarchanara brevilinea, or Fenn's wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Charles Fenn of Lewisham who collected specimens during an entomological excursion to Ranworth in 1864. ^[1] It is found in western and northern Europe.

Technical description and variation

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

A. brevilinea Fenn (49 d). Forewing dull grey brown densely black-dusted; the veins terminally paler; inner and outer lines represented by a series of dark vein dots; a black streak from base below cell: hindwing fuscous, darker towards termen; an outer row of dark dots; the ab. sinelinea Farn (49 d) is more uniform in coloration, without the black streak from base. Larva pale ochreous, with brown freckling; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines orange edged with yellow; head pale brown. ^[2] The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm.

Biology

The moth flies in one generation from mid-July to August. .

The larvae feed on Phragmites living within the stems and when young feeding there; afterwards emerging from the stems by night and feeding on the leaves.

Notes

1. ^ The flight season refers to the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Protarchanara brevilinea (Fenn, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
2. 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Kimber, Ian. "73.150 BF2351 Fenn's Wainscot Protarchanara brevilinea (Fenn, 1864)". UKMoths. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
• Fauna Europaea
• Lepiforum e.V.
• De Vlinderstichting (in Dutch)