Photedes extrema

{{short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = Chortodes extremus.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Photedes extrema | authority = (Hübner, 1809) | synonyms = *''Noctua extrema'' Hübner, 1809 *''Chortodes extremus'' (Hübner, 1809) *''Photedes extremus'' (Hübner, 1809) }}

'''''Photedes extrema''''', the '''concolorous''', is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula, Norway, Italy, Bulgaria and Greece).

==Technical description and variation== {{Entomology glossary hatnote}} ''A. extrema'' Hbn. (= ''concolor'' Guen.) (49 g). Forewing bone white slightly dusted with grey, with no markings except the outer, much curved, row of dark vein spots and some black terminal spots; hindwing pale grey; in shape of forewing agreeing with ''fluxa'' Tr. <ref>Warren, W. in 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{{PD-notice}}</ref> The wingspan is 26–28 mm.

==Biology== Adults are on wing from June to July. Whereas ''Chortodes fluxa'' and ''Denticucullus pygmina'' appear only in August and September respectively. The larvae feed internally on the stems of ''Calamagrostis'' species.

==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{cite web |last=Kimber |first=Ian |url=https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/photedes-extrema/ |title=73.149 BF2347 The Concolorous ''Photedes extrema'' (Hübner, [1809]) |website=UKMoths |accessdate=4 July 2019}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160315133741/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=447509 ''Fauna Europaea''] *[https://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Photedes_Extrema ''Lepiforum e. V.''] {{in lang|de}}

Category:Xyleninae Category:Moths of Europe Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Category:Moths described in 1809