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  1. United Kingdom
  2. Leucania comma
Leucania comma(Linnaeus, 1761)
  1. Noctuidae
  2. Hadeninae
  3. Leucaniini
  4. Leucania
  5.  comma
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TL: Sweden   (2100 m.)

Forewing drab grey, suffused, except along costa and inner margin, and in an oblique fascia-form submarginal area, with blackish, the veins and folds remaining pale; a whitish lunule on discocellular: the pale submarginal fascia externally throw\'s off pale teeth along the veins to termen, the wedgeshaped intervals being filled in with black; a long black streak from base below cell: median vein white, with only a small white spot at end of cell and a minute black point above it: veins whitish with black terminal streaks in the intervals.
Hindwing dark greyish, fuscous.

Habitat

  • Glades
  • Meadows

Similar species

  • Leucania fortunata
  • Leucania insueta
  • Leucania putrescens
MU
FU

34-42 mm

  • Austria
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Poland
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
Regional distr. - legend
Phenogram based on the literature
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    ČeskyPlavokřídlec čárkovaný
    DanskKommaugle
    DeutschBerg-Graseule
    DeutschKomma-Graseule
    Eesti keelSoonik-rohuöölane
    EnglishShoulder-striped Wainscot
    FrançaisComma blanc
    LietuviųTamsiajuostis pievinukas
    MagyarVesszős rétibagoly
    NederlandsKomma uil
    NorskKommagressfly
    SlovenčinaMora čiarkovaná
    SuomeksiJuomuolkiyökkönen
    SvenskaKommatecknat gräsfly
    РусскийСовка-запятая
    УкраїнськаСовка кома
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    PoaceaeDactylis glomerataCocksfoot
    PoaceaeDeschampsia flexuosaWavy Hair-grass
    PoaceaeFestucaFescue
    PoaceaeGramineaeGrass
  • Secondary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    PoaceaeGramineaeGrass
  • Synonyms and other combinations
  • Latin nameAuthor
    Mythimna commaLinnaeus, 1761
    Noctua turbidaHübner, 1803
    Noctua congenerHübner, 1817
    Leucania suffusaTutt, 1888
    Leucania nigrofasciataHampson, 1894
  • Links
  • LanguageWebsiteAuthors
    Butterflies and Moths of North America
    Butterflies and Moths of Northern IrelandRobert Thompson, Brian Nelson
    Lepidoptera and their ecologyWolfgang Wagner
    Lepidoptera of CrimeaВладимир Савчук
    Lepiforum e. V.
    Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North AfricaPaolo Mazzei
    Moths and butterflies of SwedenMagnus Unger
    Svenska fjärilarBert Gustafsson
    UK MothsIan Kimber

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