Acronicta rumicis (knotgrass moth)

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Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Acronicta rumicis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Preferred Common Name

• knotgrass moth

Other Scientific Names

• Acronicta alnoides Geest, 1903
• Acronicta grisea Warren, 1913
• Acronicta marginata Lambillion, 1909
• Acronicta striata Meves, 1914
• Acronicta suhrianna Gillmer, 1907
• Acronicta tugubris Schultc, 1902
• Acronycta bercei Saunders, 1870
• Acronycta diffusa Walker, 1857
• Acronycta rumicis ssp. pallida Rothschild, 1920
• Acronycta rumicis ssp. rumicina Bryk, 1949
• Acronycta rumicis var. turanica Staudinger, 1888
• Acronycta salicis Curtis, 1826
• Apatele rumicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Apatele rumicis ssp. oriens Inoue & Sugi, 1958
• Pharetra rumicis (Linnaeus, 1758)

International Common Names

• English: sorrel cutworm
• Spanish: noctua de la acedera
• French: noctuelle de l'oseille

Local Common Names

• Denmark: syreugle
• Finland: pilkkuiltayökkönen
• Germany: Ampfereule
• Japan: nasi-kenmon
• Norway: syrefly
• Russian Federation: shchawelevaja sovka
• Sweden: syraaftonfly

EPPO code

• ACRNRU (Acronicta rumicis)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Lepidoptera
•                         Family: Noctuidae
•                             Genus: Acronicta
•                                 Species: Acronicta rumicis

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms

Natural Enemies

References

Danilevsky AS, 1961. Photoperiodism and seasonal development of insects. Leningrad, USSR: Leningradsky Universitet, 243 pp. (1965. Translated from Russian by J Johnson assisted by N Waloff. London, UK: Oliver and Boyd).

Dochkova B, 1971. Injurious Noctuids on sugar-beet in northern Bulgaria. Rastitelna Zashchita, 19(12):11-13

Fu JunFan, Fu Chao, Yan XueRui, Dai HanPing, Yu ShuYi, Han Xiao, 2009. Preliminary report of pests and diseases on raspberry in Liaoning province. Journal of Jilin Agricultural University, 31(5):661-665. http://xuebao.jlau.edu.cn

Goryshin NI, Tyshchenko GF, 1976. Parallel phenomena in the photoperiodic reactions and circadian rhythms of insects under light-dark rhythms of various lengths. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 55(4):750-762

Hacker H, 1990. Die Noctuidae Vorderasiens. Neue Entomologishe Nachrichten, 27:191.

Hu M, Qi ML, 1993. The morphology and behaviour of Acronicta rumicis L. Entomological Knowledge, 30(2):95-96

Inoue H, Sugi S, 1958. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Japan, Part 5. Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha Co. Ltd., pp. 437.

Kind TV, 1983. The action of temperature on the induction of diapause in the knotgrass moth (Acronycta rumicis). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 62(7):1015-1025

Kozhantchikov IV, 1950. In: Pavlovski EN, Schtackelberg AA, eds. Fauna of USSR. Insecta, Lepidoptera. Moskwa, Leningrad, USSR: Akademija Nauk SSSR, 12:529-533.

Kozhantchikov IV, 1958. Hibernation and diapause in Lepidopterous insects of Orgyidae family (Lepidoptera, Insecta). Izvestija Akademii Nauk SSSR, 6:653-673.

Lee SC, Yoo JK, Yoo CH, 1970. Survey on the kinds of the fruit sucking moths and their damages in Korea (II). Korean Journal of Plant Protection, 9:99-102.

Nowacki J, Fibiger M, 1996. Family Noctuidae. In: Karsholt O, Razowski J, eds. The Lepidoptera of Europe. A Distributional Checklist. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books, 251-293.

Simakova TP, 1971. Geographic variability in reactions of hibernating stages in Acronicta rumicis. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 50:373-382.

Zandigiacomo P, 1990. The principal pests of soyabean in north-eastern Italy in 1989. Informatore Fitopatologico, 40(8):55-58

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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