Cucullia asteris (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Cuculliinae → tribe Cuculliini → genus Cucullia → subgenus Cucullia → species Cucullia asteris

Species name(s)

Cucullia (Cucullia) asteris (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua asteris Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775. [9, 10]

Star-wort.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #28. Zabaikalsky*.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Forewing length

18—20 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

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June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Larva lifespan

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Over-wintering stage

Pupa.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia , Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland side), the Channel Islands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine,Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, Central European, Trans-Baikal (?), Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Mid-Volzhsky, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Ареал — Европа, в Альпах до 1500 м высоты. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Длина переднего крыла в 2 см, светло-карий цвет и фиолетовая кайма, посередине крыльев пятно в виде полумесяца. [85].

General info about Imago

Летает по песчаным верещатникам и сухим луговинам, опушкам леса и прочим сухим местностям. [85].

Imago lifespan

Лёт с конца июня до конца июля. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Solidago virgaurea, Aster tripolium, Aster sedifolius, Callistephus chinensis. [28].
Астры и золотарник. [85].

Larva lifespan

Гусеница: с июля до начала августа. [85].

Pupa

Куколки Cucullia asteris следует искать в почве, где они могут пребывать в течение целого года. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015