subarcta Staudinger, 1897 Mesoligia literosa, the rosy minor, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

nov. [Warren] principally confined to the males, the median area between the two lines is narrowed and much darker, especially in the two folds, and the red flush is less developed; — the form subarcta Stgr.

from Sicily, Palestine, and western Siberia, has longer wings and no red tints whatever except the praesubmarginal shade; this form will, I feel sure, be proved distinct; on the other hand the darker grey and fuscous tints may be reduced and the whole forewing suffused with rosy brown, the whole thorax also showing rufous.

shows a still further reduction of the dark tints, the whole forewing being creamy grey, the usual darker median area and the shade before submarginal line showing in certain lights pale golden brownish; the hindwing pale grey; this form occurs in Heligoland, Norderney, and other islands, the colouration being assimilated to the sandy coasts.

The larva of the coast form, according to Aurivillius, is whitish with the dorsum reddish and small brown head.