Actinotia polyodon (Clerck, 1759)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Actinotiini → genus Actinotia → species Actinotia polyodon
Species name(s)
Actinotia polyodon (Clerck, 1759) = Phalaena polyodon Clerck, 1759 = Phalaena perspicillaris Linnaeus, 1761. [9, 10]
Purple Cloud, Purple Cloud.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 4.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
13—15 mm.
Wingspan
31—36 mm.
Primary colors
Yellow, 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 |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden , Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Russia,Romania, 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-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Nizhne-Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, South Kuril, South Ural. [3].
- Ареал: Центральная Европа, в высоту — до 1500 м. [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Переднее крыло длиной от 1,3 до 1,5 см, окраска — между коричневой и фиолетово-коричневой. Круглого пятна нет, почковидное сильно осветлено. Характерный признак — рисунок на передних крыльях в виде буквы W. [85].
General info about Imago
- Бабочки могут летать всюду, где имеется зверобой — на теплых склонах, в лиственно-смешанных лесах и прочих брошенных полях. [85].
Imago lifespan
- С середины мая до середины июня. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Hypericum. [28].
- Зверобой (Hypericum perforatum) и астрагал. [85].
Larva lifespan
- Гусеницы Actinotia polyodon живут с июля по август. [85].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Marija Jaunkunga, Evgeny Komarov. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
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
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