Denticucullus pygmina (Small Wainscot)

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Denticucullus pygmina (Small Wainscot)

Small Wainscot (Denticucullus pygmina)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg

Systematics :

Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Macro-moths ("Macro-heterocera")
Family: Owlet moths (Noctuidae)
Subfamily: Ipimorphinae
Genus: Denticucullus
Species: Small Wainscot (Denticucullus pygmina)

Other names: starrstråfly

Norwegian name: Starrfly

Host plants: Carex (True Sedges), Eriophorum, Festuca, Glyceria, Juncus, Poa

Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info