Setaceous Hebrew character

<h2 id="description">Description</h2>
For a key to the terms used, see <a href="/facts/Glossary_of_entomology_terms/FVWGe7xo">Glossary of entomology terms</a>.
The <a href="/facts/Wingspan/xsWBF9Qa">wingspan</a> is 35–45 mm. Forewing purplish grey or purplish fuscous with a leaden gloss; costal area at middle ochreous, merged with the bluntly triangular orbicular stigma: cell, a submedian basal blotch, and costal spot before apex purplish black; claviform stigma minute; reniform large, the lower lobe purplish; hindwing ochreous whitish, in female with the termen broadly fuscous.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a> <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a> <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a>
Lava pink with a broad dark brown subdorsal band. A lateral yellow band with a brown spot on it. Head reddish brown in color.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>

<h2 id="biology">Biology</h2>
Two broods are produced each year and the adults are on the wing between May and October.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setaceous_Hebrew_character#endnote_flight_season">[1]</a> This moth flies at night and is attracted to light and sugar, as well as <a href="/facts/Flower/7gI5Kefw">flowers</a> such as <a href="/facts/Buddleia/x1YMKzv4">Buddleia</a>, <a href="/facts/Ivy/BFAodzTm">ivy</a> and <a href="/facts/Senecio/ftNNepnB">ragwort</a>.
The <a href="/facts/Larva/GKo2FIew">larva</a> is pale brown red-brown or green with obscure paler dorsal and subdorsal lines and a broad pale ochreous spiracular line. It feeds on a huge variety of plants (see list below). The species overwinters as a larva.

<ol><li>^ The flight season refers to the <a href="/facts/British_Isles/4fBquvMU">British Isles</a>. This may vary in other parts of the range.</li></ol>

<h3>Recorded food plants</h3>
Documented food plants include:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>

<ul><li>Acer – <a href="/facts/Maple/xCgQIY4z">maple</a></li>
<li>Allium – <a href="/facts/Onion/2ajXf00d">onion</a></li>
<li>Apium – <a href="/facts/Celery/r2oRCGJw">celery</a></li>
<li>Avena – <a href="/facts/Oat/wn3vnCnT">oat</a></li>
<li>Beta – <a href="/facts/Beet/RkzMBNlM">beet</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Brassica/x0L32VGA">Brassica</a></li>
<li>Calendula – <a href="/facts/Calendula/SeqUCMoG">marigold</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chrysanthemum/gk5Iakft">Chrysanthemum</a></li>
<li>Cichorium – <a href="/facts/Chicory/yNPqofmI">chicory</a></li>
<li>Cirsium – <a href="/facts/Cirsium_arvense/uByG88I7">creeping thistle</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Comptonia_(plant)/Wuplu9Tv">Comptonia</a> – sweetfern</li>
<li>Daucus – <a href="/facts/Carrot/8UM7xqzo">carrot</a></li>
<li>Epilobium – <a href="/facts/Fireweed/NCggXsdV">rosebay willowherb</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Helianthus/KIv0oR5w">Helianthus</a></li>
<li>Hordeum – <a href="/facts/Barley/GH7X2qtG">barley</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Hypericum/4GVkRXhp">Hypericum</a> – St John's wort</li>
<li>Lactuca – <a href="/facts/Lettuce/o68aNEJX">lettuce</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Lamium/ESIo58fM">Lamium</a> – dead-nettle</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Lantana/Iv13GrkW">Lantana</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Linum/Fzj80JCp">Linum</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Lobelia/FBxrzRJC">Lobelia</a></li>
<li>Lycopersicon – <a href="/facts/Tomato/3d5Xsqw7">tomato</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Malus/MKp2k7Mq">Malus</a> – apple</li>
<li>Medicago – <a href="/facts/Alfalfa/Yesc424s">alfalfa</a> (lucerne)</li>
<li>Myosotis – <a href="/facts/Forget-me-not/oMHmozkn">forget-me-not</a></li>
<li>Nicotiana – <a href="/facts/Tobacco/bTD4RUPQ">tobacco</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Photinia/TDxtWLKr">Photinia</a></li>
<li>Pisum – <a href="/facts/Pea/hlndxpId">pea</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Plantago/M2s9h4ju">Plantago</a> – plantain</li>
<li>Platanus – <a href="/facts/Platanus_orientalis/R18Uh5IQ">Oriental plane</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Primula/jf7P8kJa">Primula</a></li>
<li>Pyrus – <a href="/facts/Pear/pRAKLrdK">pear</a></li>
<li>Rheum – <a href="/facts/Rhubarb/DDhM5G5U">rhubarb</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ribes/dojQdtbp">Ribes</a> – currant</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Rumex/ezPcQxCS">Rumex</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Senecio/ftNNepnB">Senecio</a> – groundsel</li>
<li>Solanum – <a href="/facts/Potato/F8jRVExs">potato</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Solidago/Qd4zF4P3">Solidago</a> – goldenrods</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Spiraea/u2FHNJXR">Spiraea</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Stellaria/vKLVGxWy">Stellaria</a> – chickweed</li>
<li>Taraxacum – <a href="/facts/Dandelion/VlPP0mTn">dandelion</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Thalictrum/mx4LItVU">Thalictrum</a> – meadow-rue</li>
<li>Trifolium – <a href="/facts/Clover/bKr90Vct">clover</a></li>
<li>Triticum – <a href="/facts/Wheat/lrk6HdV3">wheat</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Urtica/zqnkANfx">Urtica</a> – nettle</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vaccinium/SAMRbcfc">Vaccinium</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Veratrum/wjIL42LT">Veratrum</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Viburnum/AuXUhmgJ">Viburnum</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Violet_(plant)/RDoMXBDT">Viola</a></li>
<li>Vitis – <a href="/facts/Grape/HaCaS4bT">grape</a></li>
<li>Zea – <a href="/facts/Maize/lJ6c5xMH">maize</a> (corn)</li></ul>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Hebrew_character/apEwtuAA">Hebrew character</a> (Orthosia gothica), another moth species with similar markings</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Polygrammate_hebraeicum/AA4mKjAV">Polygrammate hebraeicum</a></li></ul>

<ul><li>Chinery, Michael. Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)</li>
<li>Skinner, Bernard. Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xestia c-nigrum.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Xestia_C-Nigrum">"10199 Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758) - Schwarzes C"</a>. Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved January 22, 2019.</li>
<li><a href="https://fauna-eu.org">Fauna Europaea</a></li>
<li>Savela, Markku. <a href="http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/noctuinae/xestia/#c-nigrum">"Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758)"</a>. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 22, 2019.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1">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 <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Michael Fibiger: Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 2 Noctuinae II. Entomological Press, Sorø, 1993, ISBN 87-89430-02-6 <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: Die Schmetterlinge Mitteleuropas. Band 4: Eulen. (Noctuidae). Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03752-5. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. <a href="/wiki/George_Hampson" target="_blank">/wiki/George_Hampson</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2023). "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". Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/havt50xw. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) <a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/" target="_blank">http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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Setaceous Hebrew character