Callistege mi (Clerck, 1759)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Erebinae → tribe Euclidiini → genus Callistege → species Callistege mi

Species name(s)

Callistege mi (Clerck, 1759) = Callistege mi (Clerck, 1759) = Phalaena mi Clerck, 1759 = Phalaena litterata Cyrillo, 1787 = Callistege mi elzei de Freina, 1976 = Euclidia (Callistege) mi = Euclidia mi (Clerck, 1759). [3, 9, 10]

Mother Shipton.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #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; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.

Wingspan

25—30 mm.

Flight time

January

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Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Callistege mi. [3].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, 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, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, North Aegean Islands, 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, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga,Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North Okhotsk, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Range-Europe up to 1700 m altitude. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan: 25-30 mm. [PC93].
Front fender — up to 1.5 cm. The forewings are dark, with a sinuous white cilia. The hindwings are dark brown, with transverse stripes. [85].

General info about Imago

Habitats — meadows and forests. One of the few scoops that fly during the day. [85].

Imago lifespan

May June [PC93].
It is found in two generations from late April to early July and from mid-August to mid-September. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Elymus arenarius, Polygonum aviculare, Lathyrus pratensis, Vicia, Calluna vulgaris, Hypericum maculatum, Andromeda polifolia, Galium. [28].
Щавель и клевер, горошек и люцерна, донник и дикие злаки. [85].

Larva lifespan

Caterpillar — from September to October and from June to August. [85].

Subspecies of Callistege mi

Euclidia mi da Freina, 1976. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Maxim Schwarz, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov