• Corpus ID: 85679890

Archanara neurica (Hübner, 1808) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) new to Norway

@inproceedings{Aarvik2012ArchanaraN,
  title={Archanara neurica (H{\"u}bner, 1808) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) new to Norway},
  author={Leif Aarvik and Jan Erik R{\o}er},
  year={2012}
}

• L. Aarvik, J. E. Røer
• Published 2012
• Biology

The genus Archanara Walker, 1866 belongs to a group of genera with strong ecological affinity to moist habitats. The group was termed the Rhizedra genus-group by Zilli et al. (2005), and the following species are recorded from Norway; Fabula zollikoferi (Freyer, 1836), Rhizedra lutosa (Hubner, 1803), Nonagria typhae (Thunberg, 1794), Arenostola phragmitidis (Hubner, 1803), Longalatedes elymi (Treitschke, 1825) and Archanara dissoluta (Treitschke, 1825) (Aarvik et al. 2000, Zilli et al. 2005). Members of the group have larvae that are stem feeders in Poaceae, Typhaceae and Cyperaceae growing on shores, in shallow lakes and in other wet habitats. Two species of Archanara are present in Europe, and A. polita (Walker, 1865) and A. resoluta Hampson, 1910 occur in the eastern part of the Palaearctic region (Zilli et al. 2005). A. dissoluta is a recent addition to the Norwegian fauna, and it was discovered as late as in 1996 (Aarvik et al. 2000). We herewith report the second European Archanara species, A. neurica (Hubner, 1808), as new to Norway.