Plusiinae: Euchalcia, Polychrysia, Lamprotes, Panchrysia, Diachrysia, Macdunnoughia, Autographa,

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PG18, 03.09.2007 16:53

I continue to discover the barely visible world of different sawyers. I want to share.
I inserted small species essays from the popular reference guide "Butterflies of the Southern Urals" being prepared, which are still very raw... Any comments on their topic are gratefully welcome.
In the title and sub-title of the topic, I brought out the Latin of childbirth (I didn't fit), so that at least childbirth could be found through a search engine.
Main literature used:
1. Nupponen K., Fibiger M., Olschwang V., Nupponen T., Junnilainen T., Ahola M., Kaitila J.-P. 2002. Contribution to the knowledge of the fauna of Bombycis, Sphynges and Noctuidae of the Southern Ural Mountains, with description of a new Dichagyris (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Endromididae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Noctuidae, Pantheidae, Lymanriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae)/ - Phegea, 30 (4): 1-185.
2. Coater B., Ronkay L., Fibiger M. 2003. Noctuidae Europae. Volume 10. Catocalinae & Plusiinae. SORØ. 452 S. 16 Taf.
3. Beck H. 2000. Die Larven der Europaischen Noctuidae/ Revision der Systematik der Noctuidae (Lepidoptera^ Noctuidae). Vol. III – Farbbildband. Herausgeber: Dr. Ulf Eitschberger, Marktleuthen. 338 S. 99 Taf.
4. Olshvang V. N., Nupponen K. T., Lagunov A.V., Gorbunov P. Yu. 2004. Lepidoptera of the Ilmen Reserve. Yekaterinburg: IGZ of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 288 p. 64 col. Photo.
5. Lampert L. 1913. …

Yes, pictures of Euchalcia consosa and Diachrysia zosimi by Vladimir Olshvang; Lamprotes c – aureum by Vitaly Gumenyuk. The rest are mine.

Metalworm scoops
(subfamily Plusiinae)
Chest with a very large crest in the front and a small one in the back. Fore wings often with metallic shiny spots or margins, gold or silver. Caterpillars with reduced legs on 6 and 7 segments, glabrous, in most species green or brownish with light longitudinal stripes; in our species they overwinter. No less than 30 species of metalworms from 11 genera are known from the Urals; two more species, Cornutiplusia circumflexa and Trichoplusia ni, are recorded as migrants (Nupponen et al, 2002).
picture: 50_Diachrysia_chrysitis_0146__________.jpg

Metalloid mandarin
Autographa mandarina (Freyer, 1845)
16-19 mm. The forewings are purple-brown, with a mottled pattern and, in places, with a golden coating; in the central part there is a shiny spot in the shape of the Greek letter " Y " (gamma). The hindwings are grey. Eurasian forest species. In the Urals, it is locally found in dark coniferous and mixed forests, from late May to September in two generations. The caterpillars develop on various grasses.
picture: 50_Autographa_mandarina_0183_Sysert_08_07.jpg

Metalloid gamma
Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
16-19 mm. The forewings are gray-brown, with a mottled pattern, without golden dusting; in the central part there is a silvery spot in the shape of the Greek letter " Y " (gamma). The common Eurasian polyzonal species is ubiquitous. Butterflies fly from May to October, in two generations. They are active mainly at night, although they are often startled from the grass during the day. Caterpillars are omnivorous, sometimes harmful to garden and field crops.
picture: 50_Autographa_gamma_DSC_0037______.jpg

Metalloid V-gold
Autographa pulchrina (Haworth, 1809)
16-19 mm. The forewings are purple-brown, with a mottled pattern and two golden spots in the central part — rounded and resembling the letter "V". European-Western Siberian species. It is locally found in forest and forest-steppe areas. Butterflies fly from late June to early August. The caterpillars live on various grasses.
picture: 50_AUTOGRAPHA_PULCHRINA_0073________4.jpg

Metallovidka jota (Autographa jota). Very similar to Autographa pulchrina, but the forewings are olive-brown with pink scales mixed in; the overall pattern is less mottled. It is extremely rare and local in the Urals.
Link to иллюстрацию:
www.biopix.eu/Photo.asp?Language=fr&PhotoId=24060

Metalloid remarkable
Autographa excelsa (Kretschmar, 1862)
19-24 mm. The forewings are reddish-brown, with a golden teardrop-shaped spot in the central part, which is about twice as long as it is wide; there is a double dark transverse line in the postdiscal area. Eurasian forest species. In the southern Urals, butterflies are locally found in July and early August in mountain forests. The caterpillars live on various herbaceous plants.
picture: 50_Autographa_excelsa_0430_Kuzino_07_29.jpg

Red-brown
metalloid Autographa bractea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
19-23 mm. It is close to the remarkable metalloid (Autographa excelsa), characterized by a more monotonous and dark brownish coloration, a larger shiny spot of the forewings, the width of which is approximately equal to the length. Eurasian forest species. In the southern Urals, butterflies are rare and locally found in humid deciduous forests, in July and early August. Caterpillars live on grasses, mainly from the family Asteraceae.
picture: 50_Autographa_bractea_DSC_0114_Snezhinsk.jpg

Metalloid grass
Plusia festucae (Linnaeus, 1758)
15-18. The forewings are brown, with an uneven coating of golden scales; in the center there are two golden spots, often touching; at the apex there is a row of elongated spots of the same color, the length of which significantly exceeds the width. Eurasian polyzonal species. It is quite common in both steppe and forest areas, from June to September, in two generations. The caterpillars live on various grasses and sedges.
picture: 50_Plusia_festucae_0268_Svetlyi_VIII.jpg

Putnam
's metalworm Plusia putnami (Grote, 1873)
is 14-16 mm. The species is very similar to the previous one, and often mixed with it. In contrast to the metalloid grass, the golden spots at the apex of the forewings are short, their length slightly exceeds the width. Eurasian forest species. Butterflies are quite rare and locally found in coniferous and mixed forests, in late June and July. The caterpillars live on fescue and sedges.
picture: 50_Plusia_putnami_0043________4.jpg

Metalloid golden
Diachrysia chrysitis (Linnaeus, 1758)
15-21 mm. The forewings are brown, with extensive golden margins in the basal and postdiscal areas, usually connected by a narrow lintel. Eurasian polyzonal species. The most common of our metallovidka. Butterflies fly from the end of May to the end of September, in two generations. The caterpillars live on different grasses.
picture: 50_Diachrysia_chrysitis_0137__________.jpg

Metalloid Zosima (Diachrysia zosimi)
16-19 mm. The forewings are grey-brown, with a very large greenish-golden field in the central part, the posterior edge of which is smoothly rounded; dark spots are distinguished at the root and anal angle. The species is locally distributed mainly in the forest-steppe regions of Eurasia. In the southern Urals, butterflies are rare and locally found in June and July, mainly in river valleys. The caterpillars live on the krovokhlebka.
picture: 50_Diachrysia_zosimi_0891________.jpg

Metalloid sage
Diachrysia chryson (Esper, 1789)
19-24 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with a large quadrangular greenish-gold field near the apex. Eurasian polyzonal species. In the southern Urals, butterflies are rare and locally recorded in July and early August. Caterpillars live on sage, mint, and nedotroga.

Metalloid C-gold
Lamprotes c-aureum (Knoch, 1781)
16-20 mm. The forewings are purple-brown, with a complex pattern that shows a wavy double postdiscal line and indistinct golden margins of various sizes on either side of it; in the very center of the wing, there is often a golden spot in the shape of the letter "C". Eurasian forest species. Butterflies are locally found in moist areas of deciduous forests, in July. Caterpillars are whitish-green, with 6 broad oblique stripes on the ventral segments and paired protrusions on the dorsal side of segments 4-6 and 11; they live on basilisks, catchment areas, and borets.
picture: 50_Lamprotes_c_aureum_Gumenyuk.jpg

Metalloid drop
Macdunnoughia confusa (Stephens, 1850)
14-19 mm. The forewings are grey-brown, with a large pentagonal dark brown field adjacent to the posterior margin. In the upper part of this field there is a shiny spot in the form of a slightly curved strip. Eurasian polyzonal species. Butterflies are found from May to the end of September, in two generations. The caterpillars feed on various grasses.
picture: 50_Macdunnoughia_confusa_0514_E_burg_08_02.jpg

Gilt
metalworm Panchrysia deaurata (Esper, 1787)
19-23 mm. The forewings are ochreous with an admixture of purple scales, with two dark narrow transverse lines, between which there is an extensive golden field. European-Siberian steppe species. Butterflies are rare and occur locally from late May to late August, probably in two generations. Caterpillars are whitish with green oblique stripes on the sides of the back on the abdominal segments; they live on basilisks.
picture: 50_Panchrysia_deaurata_0161_______2.jpg

In the forest-steppe regions of the Southern Urals, another representative of the genus Panchrysia is locally found. One of the most spectacular and rare of our scoops is the beautiful metalworm (Panchrysia ornata). 17-20 mm. The forewings are brownish-gray with an openwork pattern of pale purple lines; in the center of the wing are silvery-white markings in the form of the letter " V " and individual dots.
picture: 50_Panchrysia_ornata_Miass_.jpg

Metalloid coin
Polychrysia moneta (Fabricius, 1787)
16-19 mm. The forewings are golden-ochreous with a complex pattern in which a white mark in the form of an oval or the number "8"stands out. It occurs locally in meadows, river valleys, and garden areas. Butterflies fly in late June and July. Caterpillars live on wrestler and larkspur.
Links to the illustration:
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=2437
http://www.gardensafari.net/pics/nachtvlin...ta_ha3_2709.jpg
http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insec...ysia/moneta.jpg

Light brown
metalloid Plusidia cheiranthi (Tauscher, 1809)
The forewings are light brown, without shiny spots and margins; at the root and apex of the wing there is a contrasting dark brown spot, bounded by a double light transverse line. The species is typical of the steppe and forest-steppe regions of Eurasia. In the Southern Urals, butterflies are rarely found in June and the first half of July. Caterpillars are green with a pattern of whitish stripes, transverse-on the abdominal segments and longitudinal-on the thoracic; on 4-11 segments there are 8 small black tubercles. They live in vasilisniki and the common catchment area.
picture: 50_Plusidia_cheiranthi_0076__________.jpg

Metalloid blueberry
Syngrapha interrogationis (Linnaeus, 1758) .19
-22 mm. The forewings are grey with a white mark, usually resembling a square root sign, and a dot below it. The hindwings are grey. The species is widely distributed in the taiga and tundra regions of Eurasia and North America. Butterflies fly in July in the blueberry pines. Caterpillars are green with a yellowish lateral stripe; in the conditions of the southern Urals, they live on blueberries.
picture: 50_Syngrapha_interrogationis_0190_Sysert_08_07.jpg

In general, the Holarctic genus Syngrapha includes over 30 tundra and boreal-montane metalloid species, many of which are active during the day. In the fauna of the Middle and Southern Urals, there are two more representatives of the genus, remarkable for the yellow color of the hind wings, which, however, almost never show, except at the moment of "warming up the engine":
Metalloid gamma malaya (Syngrapha microgamma). Small butterfly with WPC 14-17 mm. The color and pattern of the forewings resembles that of the gamma metalloid, with a Y-shaped silvery spot in the center. Mountain-forest species native to northern Eurasia and North America. Inhabitant of sphagnum taiga forests. It is extremely rare in the Urals. Brown caterpillars with a wide yellow lateral stripe live on blueberries, wild rosemary, other heather shrubs, dwarf birch and some willows.
The bluish-gray metalloid (Syngrapha ain) is similar to microgamma in its pattern, but significantly larger than it (WPC 18-21 mm). Eurasian boreal-montane species. They are rare and locally found in the mountain-forest regions of the Urals. Butterflies fly in the first half of summer. Caterpillars are light green with six whitish longitudinal lines; they live on larch (!) .

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03.09.2007 16:56, PG18

Euchalcia variabilis (Piller, 1783)is a multi-colored
metal moth of 16-19 mm. The forewings are olive-brown, with an admixture of pinkish scales in the basal and postdiscal areas, separated from the darkest central zone by double light lines. The species is widely distributed in Europe, Siberia, and Western Asia. In the Urals, butterflies are rare and locally found in forest areas, in June and July. Caterpillars are whitish with a black head and black warts (14 on most segments); they live on basilisks, borets and some other herbs of the buttercup family.
picture: 50_Euchalcia_variabilis_0053________4.jpg

picture: 50_Euchalcia_variabilis_0053________4.jpg

In addition to the multicolored metalworm, 4 other species of the genus Euchalcia were found in the Southern Urals: Ural metalworm (E. uralensis), modest metalworm (E. modestoides), cretaceous metalworm (E. siderifera), olive-brown metalworm (E. consosa). Of these, the first two species are extremely rare and are characteristic of forest areas. The last two are steppe and more common species. All five of our species of the genus Euchalcia are very similar in pattern and are reliably distinguishable only by the structure of the genitals. The exception is perhaps the olive-brown metalloid, easily identified by the contrasting whitish bracket in the central part of the forewing.
picture: 50_Euchalcia_consona_0886_.jpg

Brown
nettle scoop Abrostola triplasia (Linnaeus, 1758)
15-20 mm. The forewings are brownish-grey; the pattern shows two dark arcuate transverse lines, between which the contours of three rounded spots can be distinguished. The bases of the wings and a large crest on the chest are grayish-beige. Eurasian polyzonal species related to metalloids. Butterflies fly from May to September, in two generations. Caterpillars are green or grayish, with a white pattern of oblique stripes on the sides of the back; they live on nettles.
picture: 50_Abrostola_triplasia_DSC_0031.jpg

picture: 50_Abrostola_triplasia_DSC_0031.jpg

In the Middle and Southern Urals, two other species of nettle scoops are also common: the gray nettle scoopback (Abrostola tripartita) and the dark gray nettle scoopback (Abrostola asclepiadis). All three species have a similar ecology, the timing of summer and are very similar in wing pattern, difficult to distinguish.

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03.09.2007 17:24, Vlad Proklov

Thank you for raising a serious topic

Remarks.

1) In the work of [Fibiger & Hacker, 2005] introduced the combination Panchrysia aurea Hubner, [1803] (=deaurata Esper, [1787] nec Goeze, 1781;)

in other words, due to homonymy, the name deaurata Esper, 1787 is discarded.

2) Even the photo shows Diachrysia stenochrysis (Warren, 1913) (=tutti Kostrowicki, 1961) instead of Diachrysia chrysitis.

3) In Fiebiger and Hacker, uralensis (Eversmann, 1842) is given as a subspecies of Euchalcia variabilis from the mountains of the Southern Urals.

And in small things
-Diachrysia zosimi is known to me as metallovidka krovokhlebkovaya
-Gamma for sure you also have a migrant - just massive.

Special thanks for mentioning the external differences between festucae and putnami - I noticed that Russians often do not know how to distinguish them from each other in most cases.

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03.09.2007 18:39, PG18

Thank you for raising a serious topic

Remarks.

1) In the work of [Fibiger & Hacker, 2005] introduced the combination Panchrysia aurea Hubner, [1803] (=deaurata Esper, [1787] nec Goeze, 1781;)

in other words, due to homonymy, the name deaurata Esper, 1787 is discarded.

Vlad! Thank you for your comments! And it should have been raised earlier. Most likely, there were some blunders in the newly released "Butterflies of the Middle Urals"...

What about this: "Bombyx deaurata Esper, 1787 is not a homonym of Phalaena deaurata Goeze, 1781 "(Karsholt & J. Razowski, 1996)? If I don't confuse anything, to recognize homonymy, it is necessary that both taxa were described in combination with the same genus, or were in the same genus at the time of information... And where is" deaurata Goeze, 1781 " now?

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03.09.2007 19:23, Vlad Proklov

Vlad! Thank you for your comments! And it should have been raised earlier. Most likely, there were some blunders in the newly released "Butterflies of the Middle Urals"...

What about this: "Bombyx deaurata Esper, 1787 is not a homonym of Phalaena deaurata Goeze, 1781 "(Karsholt & J. Razowski, 1996)? If I don't confuse anything, to recognize homonymy, it is necessary that both taxa were described in combination with the same genus, or were in the same genus at the time of information... And where is" deaurata Goeze, 1781 " now?

There is a footnote: Phalaena Noctua deaurata Esper, [1787] is a homonym of Phalaena deaurata Goeze, 1781 (Hacker, 1998b; Fibiger & Hacker, 1998).

For example, from Miass there are 4 males of uralensis and many more variabilis. At least here, according to Kari Nupponen (Nupponen at al., 2002), both species that differ in genitalia occur sympatrically. The differences seem to be shown in Noctuidae Europaea (Vol. 10)... By the way, the article by Nupponen and company (2002) from Fegei is hanging on the Web...

Yes, I certainly saw it this article -- and I must admit that I don't understand myself: Fiebiger is a co-author of both-and in a later one he reduces it to subspecies, but there are no explanations there-it's just a list.

Yes, the Buryatik from the Southern Urals is reliably known. Does it differ ONLY in the genitals?

buraetica has an unbroken "gamma", plus the forewings are narrower and less golden than in pulchrina. And so-yes, for dismemberment

Thanks! I haven't learned to tell these people apart yet
Can you formulate a key by which they can be separated?
And here are two more images from different places (the first one is from the Middle Urals, the second one is from the Moscow region). Who is it? If the second one is not chrysitis, you will have to hang yourself

Exactly chrysitis - those with an unbroken beige stripe in the middle of the front wing - i.e. none of these fit

The second one doesn't seem to be so badly torn-but I'll be careful not to say anything here...

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03.09.2007 19:41, Sungaya

since this topic has already been discussed, sorry for the repetition.
for PG18:

Matov A. Yu., Candidate of Biological Sciences, Junior Researcher of the Department of Lepidoptera of the Laboratory of Insect Systematics of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

"...If a golden-green lintel in a brown field is solid (regardless of width), completely connects, like a bridge, both green fields, then this is Diachrysia stenochrysis ... If the gap in the brown field is only outlined (it doesn't matter - slightly or with deep golden-green "cuts" along the edges of the brown field), then this is all Diachrysia chrysitis. And if the brown field is without any hints of a golden-green lintel in the form of side cutouts, then this is, all the more, Diachrysia chrysitis. The background color does not matter, although D. stenochrysis usually has a bright golden hue, and D. chrysitis is bluish.
The name D. stenochrysis is indeed valid and has a significant age priority (almost half a century) over tutti. It's just that many people are used to tutti (which, by the way, was described as aberration), so they use it (especially, probably, on the Internet). However, this name is not valid and you should use stenochrysis. The independence of these two species has recently been definitively proved by molecular biological methods... "

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