Mesapamea secalis, Crete - photo © Henry Edmunds
Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
MOTH INFO
Mesapamea secalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae on the island of Crete, Greece.
Scientific name
Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Mesapamea secalella (Remm, 1983)
Mesapamea insolita (Rezbanyai-Reser, 1996)
Apamea remissa (Hübner, 1809)
Apamea unanimis (Hübner, 1813)
Apamea illyria (Freyer, 1846)
Lateroligia ophiogramma (Esper, 1794)
Common name
Common Rustic
Classification
Superfamily: Noctuoidea > Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Xyleninae > Tribus: Apameini > Genus: Mesapamea
Wingspan
29-33 mm
Habitat
Forest edges, glades, grasslands, crops, and gardens.
Food plant
The larva is oligophagous on Poaceae (Arrhenatherum elatius, Zea mays (maize), Secale cereale (rye), Dactylis glomerata, Triticum aestivum (common wheat), etc.) and feeds on the leaf sheaths.
Flight period
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