Agrochola litura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Xylenini → subtribe Xylenina → genus Agrochola → subgenus Anchoscelis → species Agrochola litura

Species name(s)

Agrochola (Anchoscelis) litura (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Noctua) litura Linnaeus, 1761 = Phalaena (Noctua) polluta Esper, 1788 = Noctua ornatrix Geyer, [1834] = Agrochola (Anchoscelis) litura.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Forewing length

14—18 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

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Larva lifespan

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Detailed information with references

Habitus and Differences from alike species

Переднее крыло от 1,4 до 1,8 см, окраска от серо-коричневой до фиолетово-красно-коричневой и характерные пятна с тонкими светлыми ободками, заполненные темным пигментом. [85]. Peter Khramov.

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France , Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky. [3]. Peter Khramov.
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), the Channel Islands,Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10]. Peter Khramov.
Юг Европы. [85]. Peter Khramov.
Южный Урал. Personal communication. Nikolay Grebennikov.

Lifespan

Время лёта — с начала августа до конца октября. [85]. Peter Khramov.

Additional info about Imago

Места встречи — дороги и опушки леса, заливные луга и поляны, сады и парки. [85]. Peter Khramov.

Larva lifespan

С апреля до начала июня можно встретить личинок Agrochola litura. [85]. Peter Khramov.

Larva food plants

Ивы, терн, жарновец, черника и шиповник, яснотка, лядвенец, горошек и щавель. [85]. Peter Khramov.

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrej Makara.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Nikolay Grebennikov.

Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

Color 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
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[85] Lepidoptera.ru (Insecta.pro previous version / cтарая версия Insecta.pro)
Nikolay Grebennikov, personal communication