Polyphaenis sericata (Esper, 1787)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Dypterygiini → genus Polyphaenis → species Polyphaenis sericata

Species name(s)

Polyphaenis sericata (Esper, 1787) = Phalaena (Noctua) sericata Esper, 1787 = Noctua (Noctua) sericina Esper, 1790 = Phalaena (Noctua) viridis Esper, 1790 = Noctua prospicua Hübner, [1803]. [9, 10]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Crete, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Crete, Macedonia, Moldova, the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia , Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine,France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Lonicera, Ligustrum, Cornus. [28].

Subspecies of Polyphaenis sericata

Polyphaenis sericata albibasis Warren, 1911. [9]
P. s. ratisboensis Metschl., 1922. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrej Makara, Sergey Novitckiy.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[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
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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Other species Polyphaenis

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