Protarchanara brevilinea brevilinea (Fenn, 1864)

(Figs 23–26, 44, 51)

Nonagria brevilinea Fenn, 1864, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 1: 107 (Type locality: England, Norfolk). Arenostola brevilinea subsp. manteufeli Pfau, 1955 (TL: NE Germany, Wolgast).

Material examined. 2 males, 2 females, [England] Anglia, Norfolk, Coll. Great Prince Nikolaj Mikhajlovich (Coll. ZISP); 1 male, [SE Kazakhstan], Pribalkhashie, Topar, 8–10.vii.1986, leg. A. Kondratiev, prep. 1816a Nekrasov, ex coll. A.V. Nekrasov (Coll. ZISP); 1 female, [Ukraine, Crimea] Kerch, 10.vii.1918 [leg. Kirichenko] (Coll. ZISP); 6 males, [Russia, W Siberia] Novosibirsk area, Krotovaya Lyaga lake, 13 km SW Karasuk, 250 m, 11–20.viii.1990, leg. V. Dubatolov & L. Ronkay (Coll. SZMN); 3 females, Germany, Harkensee MV, 12.viii.1997, Klempes, Klempan (Coll. PGM); 1 female, (?The Nederlands) Southwuld, 2.viii.1959. leg. R. P. Demuth (Coll. PGM); 1 female, W Kasakhstan, Batkul lake, 15–31.vii.1994, leg. Miatleuski (Coll. PGM); 1 male, Romania, Dobrogea, prov. Tulcea, 13–14.vi.2012, Cetatea Enisala, leg. P. Gyulai, A. Garai & L. Székely (Coll. PGM). Slides 3169 Gyulai (male), AV0753 Volynkin (female), glyc. preparates Volynkin (male and female).

Diagnosis. Wingspan 32–36 mm, length of forewing 14–16 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen pale brown or greyish-brown. Forewing pale brown or greyish-brown. Noctuoid pattern reduced. Reniform present as a grey suffusion. Crosslines reduced to dots on veins. Subterminal and terminal areas somewhat darkened. Veins on the terminal and subterminal areas pale. Hindwing grayish-brown, basally paler.

Distribution. Western Europe, Eastern Europe (Dobrogea in SE Romania), Northern Caucasus, South European part of Russia, Ural, West Siberia, East Kazakhstan. Occurs in hygrophilous biotopes (mostly lakes and sea shores) were Phragmites australis – larval foodplant – grow.