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Mythimna l-album (Linnaeus, 1767)

Имаго (Mythimna l-album)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Leucaniini → genus Mythimna → subgenus Hyphilare → species Mythimna l-album

Species name(s)

Mythimna (Hyphilare) l-album (Linnaeus, 1767) = Phalaena (Noctua) l-album Linnaeus, 1767 = Leucania penicillata Moore, 1881 = Mythimna (Foehstia) valeriae Beck, 2007 = Aletia l-album = Mythimna (Hyphilare) l-album. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7592

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

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; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.

Forewing length

15—18 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

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 (Mythimna l-album)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - The European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania?, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, North Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden,Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
  • The butterfly is widely distributed in Europe. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Front wing length: 1.5—1.8 cm. Color: pale yellow. In the center of the forewing of the el-beloe scoop is a white spot in the form of the letter L. Males have a characteristic tuft of black hairs on the abdomen. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Habitats: wild gardens and water meadows, floodplains of streams. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • It flies from May to July and from August to October. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Gramineae. [28].
  • Дикие злаки. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • The first generation of Mythimna l-album caterpillars lives in October—May, the second-in July. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Sergey Novitckiy.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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