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Macdunnoughia confusa (Stephens, 1850)

Имаго (Macdunnoughia confusa)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Plusiinae → tribe Plusiini → subtribe Autoplusiina → genus Macdunnoughia → species Macdunnoughia confusa

Species name(s)

Macdunnoughia confusa (Stephens, 1850) = Plusia confusa Stephens, 1850 = Plusia gutta Guenée, 1852 = Plusia bigutta Staudinger, 1892 = Macdunnoughia monosigna Chou & Lu, 1979 = Macdunnoughia (Macdunnoughia) confusa. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8232

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; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

14—15 mm.

Wingspan

32—42 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

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

Имаго (Macdunnoughia confusa)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, 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].
  • Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland) , Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova,Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Sicily, 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, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelian, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
  • Kazakhstan [PC1149].
  • Распространена в Европе южнее Альп, хотя встречается и в Центральной Европе. В Альпах доходит до высоты 1200 м [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan: 32-42 mm. [PC93].
  • Длина переднего крыла составляет около 1,5 см, окрас — фиолетово-серый, чуть светлее по сравнению с металловидкой гамма. На каждом из передних крыльев хорошо заметно белое пятно. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Металловидка капля летает в теплых, сухих и солнечных местах, ее можно встретить на опушках леса, прогалинах, в пойменных лесах, на полях, а иногда — в садах и парках. Бабочки Macdunnoughia confusa бывают активны как днем, так и в ночное время. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Вид дает 2 поколения — с мая до июля и с августа до октября. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Urtica, Achillea, Silene, Matricaria, Artemisia, Anthemis. [28].
  • Ромашка и другие. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Личинки встречаются с сентября до июня и с августа до октября, зимуют. [85].

Overwintering stage

  • Гусеница. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Alexander Belousov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

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10.07.2015 7:00, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 32—42 mm.

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