Mormo maura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Dypterygiini → genus Mormo → species Mormo maura
Species name(s)
Mormo maura (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena maura Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena lemur Meinecke, 1775 = Mania maura maurisca Stauder, 1928 = Mormo maura cypriaca Hacker, 1996. [9, 10]
Old Lady.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7416
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.
Forewing length
30—33 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 |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia,Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Northern Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland ), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasus, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Lower Volga. [3].
- Распространена дизъюнктивно по Европе. В Северной Европе и в Северной Германии очень редка. [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Передние крылья длиной до 3,3 см — крупный зверь. Все крылья с зазубренным краем, сами темные, бурые, а срединное поле еще темнее. [85].
General info about Imago
- Местообитания: влажные участки местности. [85].
Imago lifespan
- Бабочки летают с июля по август. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Prunus, Crataegus, Ulmus, Salix, Betula, Euonymus. [28].
- Ива, ольха, кульбаба, яснотка. [85].
Larva lifespan
- Гусеницы живут с августа по май. Окукливание Mormo maura идет в плотном паутинном гнезде на почве. [85].
Subspecies of Mormo maura
- Mormo maura maurisca Staudinger, 1928. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vlad Proklov, Paolo Mazzei. 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
- [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
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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