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MESAPAMEA SECALIS [1 record]

Record 1 2016-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

The common rustic moth larvae cause damage to developing shoots during spring, although levels of incidence have not yet exceeded 1% of emerged shoots.

OBS

The term "common rustic" is often used in English for both stages of the insect's life (larvae or moth).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

[La chenille de ce papillon nocturne est] verte avec des lignes dorsales rougeâtres. [Elles] se nourrissent d'Iris faux acore, de Carex de printemps, des acines et des tiges de graminées [...]

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «noctuelle variable» désignant l'insecte au stade larvaire (chenille).

Spanish

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