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Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758)

Самец (Noctua pronuba)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Noctuini → subtribe Noctuina → genus Noctua → species Noctua pronuba

Species name(s)

Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Noctua) pronuba Linnaeus, 1758 = Noctua connuba Hübner, [1822] = Triphaena innuba Treitschke, 1825. [9, 10]

Large Yellow Underwing.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7839

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

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; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky.

Forewing length

23—28 mm.

Wingspan

44—60 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

Самка (Noctua pronuba)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Austria, Azores, Albania, Andorra, Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Isles, the Vatican, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Ireland, Iceland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland)Canary Islands, Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, San Marino, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Northern Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia,Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky, South Ural. [3].
  • Range — all of Europe at an altitude of up to 3000 m. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan: 44-60 mm. [PC93].
  • The length of the brown, ochre or red-brown forewing is from 2.3 to 2.8 cm. But the rear wings are just yellow, have a black border. [85].

General info about Imago

  • A large scoop flies through cities and villages, gardens and parks, edges and meadows, swamps and heather fields. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • From the end of May to the end of September. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Cereals (Gramíneae), onion (Allium), rhubarb (Rheum), cabbage (Brassica), plantain (Plantago), spinach (Spinacia), Primrose (Primula), Tomato (Solanum), Dandelion (Taraxacum), hawkweed (Hieracium) [PC93].
  • Личинки желтокрылой совки не сильно привередливы — питаются на капусте и злаках. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • August to May. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Maxim Schwarz, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

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10.07.2015 7:24, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 44—60 mm.

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