Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Noctuini → subtribe Noctuina → genus Cerastis → species Cerastis leucographa

Species name(s)

Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua leucographa [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Cerastis cervina Hübner, [1821] = Noctua lepetitii Boisduval, [1837]. [9, 10]

White-marked.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7772

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

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; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

11—14 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

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Larva lifespan

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia,Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, of Baikal, Seaside, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur,Middle-Volga, Mid-Ural, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Ареал — Европа, чаще на севере, но и там дизъюнктивно. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

В целом похожа на Cerastis rubricosa, отличия состоят в чуть меньшем размере (длина переднего крыла 1,1—1,4 см) и в зубчиках на усиках самцов, которые длинные гребневидные, а не короткие. [85].

General info about Imago

Местообитания — редкостойные леса, заливные луга, болота. [85].

Imago lifespan

Имаго Cerastis leucographa летают с апреля по май. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Cerastis leucographa кормится на чернике, травах. [85].

Larva lifespan

Гусеницы живут с июня по июль. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Vitaly Gumenuk.

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)
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015