Conistra vaccinii (Linnaeus, 1761)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Conistra (Conistra) vaccinii (Linnaeus, 1761) = Phalaena (Noctua) vaccinii Linnaeus, 1761 = Noctua polita Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Noctua spadicea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Conistra (Conistra) vaccinii. [9, 10]

Chestnut.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8102

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #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; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky.

Forewing length

14—16 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, 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), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, 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-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Mid-Amur , Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural,Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Ареал — Европа до 2000 м в высоту. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Длина переднего крыла — до 1,6 см, их окраска охрово-желтая, четкость рисунка может сильно варьировать, вплоть до полностью размытого, всегда видна только черная точка внизу почковидного пятна. [85].

Imago lifespan

Имаго встречается с начала сентября по октябрь, потом зимует, потом в апреле—мае. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Betula, Quercus, Salix, Ribes, Rubus, Malus, Sorbus, Prunus, Vaccinium myrtillus. [28].
Молодые гусеницы — молодые дубы и тополя, старые — черника. [85].

Overwintering stage

Имаго. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

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