Sedina buettneri


Sedina buettneri, or Blair's wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eduard von Hering in 1858. It is found in the Palaearctic ecozone. Outside of Europe, it is occasionally found in temperate Asia, the coast of the Black Sea, the base of the Caucasus mountains, the Caspian Sea, Iran, Russia and further east to the Ural, the Lake Baikal and Altai region in Japan and the Kuril Islands.

Technical description and variation

Forewing straw-colour, the veins rufous, the intervals with grey streaks; hindwing grey, with rufous veins. The wingspan is 20–35 mm.

Biology

The moth flies from August to October in one generation depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Carex acutiformis and Glyceria species.