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Phragmatobia luctifera (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Самец (Phragmatobia luctifera)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Arctiini → subtribe Arctiina → genus Phragmatobia → species Phragmatobia luctifera

Species name(s)

Phragmatobia luctifera (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Phragmatobia caesarea. [10, 85]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Forewing length

18—20 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, 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

Over-wintering stage

Pupa.

Имаго (Phragmatobia luctifera)

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Phragmatobia caesarea. [85].

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Central Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Length of front wing - 2 cm. Thick Butterfly. Wings dark. Brown. With clearly protruding black veins and small yellow fields on the upper side of the rear wings. And on the abdomen. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Black bear flies in the evening and in the morning on dry meadows and moors. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • From mid-June to July. Sometimes it is the second generation - in August. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Rubus, Atriplex, Cynoglossum, Plantago, Veronica, Stellaria, Galium, Hieracium, Euphorbia. [28].
  • Plantain, speedwell, chickweed, cleavers. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • The caterpillars live in July and August, in the case of the second generation, and even September. [5].

Pupa

  • Dolly in the gray-black web cocoon in the soil or in the crack, such as walls. [5].

Overwintering stage

  • Pupa. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alexandr Zhakov, Oleg Seliverstov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

Comments

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30.01.2014 22:12, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Pupa.

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