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The Ingrailed Clay (''Diarsia mendica'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed through most of Europe and the Palearctic. This species occurs in a huge range of colour types and is one of the most variable species in the family. Forewing colour ranges from very pale straw-coloured to very dark brown, with the pale forms predominant in the south of the range and the darker forms prevalent further north. ==Description== :''See glossary for terms used'' The wingspan is 28–36 mm. "Forewing with basal area grey, outer area red-brown; the lines and stigmata grey; hindwing dull grey with a dark lunule and transverse line and the fringe reddish; as a rule the male is paler than the female ; a very variable species alike in colour and plainness of markings; ab. congener Hbn. is wholly red-brown with the stigmata yellowish; -ab. ''subrufa'' Haw. is distinguished by having the cell dark at base and between the stigmata; — ab. ''conflua'' H.-S. nec Tr. has the ground-colour reddish ochreous mottled with darker; — ab. ''mendica'' F. is like the last but shows black or dark brown spaces in the cell; — ab. ''ignicola'' H.-Sch. has the ground-colour yellowish ochreous, with the markings distinct; — ''primulae'' Esp. is the same form but with the cell filled in with blackish; — ab. ''ochrea-virgata'' Tutt is a banded form, the whole space between the median and subterminal line being darker; — ab. ''grisea'' Tutt is a small dark grey form, the stigmata clear; — ab. ''coerulea'' Tutt is of a clear slaty or lilac colour with pale stigmata; — lastly, ab. ''lamentanda'' Alph. is a pale uniformly ochreous form from Siberia and Kamschatka. subsp. ''conflua'' Tr. (= ''thulei'' Stgr.)is smaller, with narrower, more pointed forewing, reddish brown varied with yellowish; the stigmata large with dark marks in cell; described originally from Iceland and occurring in the Shetlands and Lapland; — ab. ''borealis'' Zett. is a grey brown form without any red but with the cell blackish; ''obsoleta'' Tutt resembles ''borealis'', but the cell is unicolorous and the markings obscure; - ab. ''diducta'' Zett. has the forewing grey with a broad rusty-testaceous fascia, and the markings obscured..〔Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'', Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 〕 The larva is brown with black triangular markings along the side. It feeds on a wide range of plants (see list below). The species overwinters as a larva. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ingrailed Clay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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