{{short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | name = Small dotted buff | image = (2345) Small Dotted Buff (Photedes minima) (4820985463).jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Photedes minima | authority = (Haworth, 1809) | synonyms = }} '''''Photedes minima''''', the '''small dotted buff''', is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe.
==Technical description and variation== {{Entomology glossary hatnote}} The wingspan is 20–23 mm. The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm. Forewing pale ochreous, slightly dusted with darker, and washed with pale ochraceous; the median area in female usually a little deeper coloured, especially in lower half; inner and outer lines fine, obscure, conversely lunulate-dentate, the teeth produced along the veins, sometimes paler-edged, generally marked only by vein-dashes; subterminal line faint, preceded by a diffuse dark shade, forming a patch at costa; hindwing ochreous, suffused with grey, thickly towards termen, with traces of a dark outer line; some specimens are more strongly suffused with ochraceous or rufous; these constitute the aberration ''lutescens'' Haw.<ref>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> thumb|140px|left|Fig.6, 6a larva after last moult
==Biology== The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.
Larva ochreous, sometimes pinkish, with darker transverse bars at the segments; dorsal and subdorsal lines paler; head brown; thoracic plate paler brown. The larvae feed on tufted hair-grass en Deschampsia flexuosa.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/ |title= Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commonscat|Photedes minima}} *[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=2764 Small dotted buff at UKmoths] *[https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/xyleninae/photedes/index.html Funet] Taxonomy *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201327/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=447504 Fauna Europaea] *[https://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Photedes_Minima Lepiforum.de] *[http://www.vlindernet.nl/vlindersoort.php?vlinderid=781&vq=Photedes Vlindernet.nl {{in lang|nl}}]
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Category:Hadeninae Category:Moths of Europe Category:Moths described in 1809 Category:Taxa named by Adrian Hardy Haworth
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