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Acosmetia caliginosa
Acosmetia caliginosa, the reddish buff, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found throughout continental Europe and in southern Scandinavia.[1][2] then east across the Palearctic to Siberia. In Britain it is rare and has protected status, being possibly confined to a single site on the Isle of Wight.[3] Technical description and variationIts forewings are brownish grey frosted with paler dusting; the inner and outer lines dark, the inner outwardly curved; the outer waved and dentate, indented above and below middle, the teeth forming a second line beyond the first; stigmata pale, very obscure; a pale waved submarginal line inwardly shaded with brown; hindwing silky grey, darker towards termen; — the form aquatilis Guen., from Asia, is paler, the forewing yellowish grey. Larva sap green with the segmental incisions yellow; the lines white, slender.[4] The wingspan is 23–30 mm: females are smaller than males.[2][5] BiologyThe moth flies in June and July. The larvae feed on saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria).[5][6] References
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