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Diloba caeruleocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Diloba caeruleocephala)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Dilobinae → genus Diloba → species Diloba caeruleocephala

Species name(s)

Diloba caeruleocephala (Linnaeus, 1758).

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky.

Forewing length

15—20 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Larva lifespan

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Самка (Diloba caeruleocephala)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Kaliningrad, Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky. [3].
  • Areal - Europe at altitudes up to 1000 m. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Length of front wing 1.5-2 cm, very red-wing or gray-brown, close to the center with a grayish-whitish spots, edged even lighter obodochkami. The tops of bright hind wings dark spot. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Places volley - edge of the forest, gardens, slopes. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • From mid-September to late November. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Prunus, Crataegus, Sorbus, Malus. [28].
  • Turn, cherries and fruit trees. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • Track Diloba caeruleocephala live from May to June. [5].

Subspecies of Diloba caeruleocephala

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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