Euclidia glyphica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Euclidia glyphica (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena glyphica Linnaeus, 1758 = Euclidia (Euclidia) glyphica = Euclidia glyphica (Linnaeus, 1758). [9, 10]

Burnet Companion.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 7.

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; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #30. Vostochno-Yakutsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Detailed information with references

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, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)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, East Yakutia, 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, Lower Volga,Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Across Russia: Khabarovsk Krai, Amur Region, Sakhalin, Yakutia, Transbaikalia, Irkutsk, Southern Siberia, Altai, Western Siberia, Ural, Europe. h.... [204].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The inner, darkened part of the median field of the forewings is equal to the width throughout. In contrast to the second species, E. dentata Stgr., which is widespread in the Far East, in E. glyphica L. : 1).The outer, darkened part of the median field does not form a clear sharp-angled wave against the cell; 2). There is no hatching on the underside of the rear fenders on a yellow background; 3). The hind legs bear spines. [204].

General info about Imago

It flies during the day. [85].

Imago lifespan

End of V-VI Meadows, steppe, forest-steppe. [204].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Trifolium, Lotus. [28].
Caterpillars on legumes Astragalus, Coronilla, Trifolium, Viola, Lathyrus, Medicago, Lotus, etc. [204].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alexey Fomin, Evgeny Komarov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Yuri Semejkin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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
[204] Под общей редакцией П. А. Лера Определитель насекомых Дальнего Востока России том 5. Ручейники и чешуекрылые, часть 4. Владивосток : Дальнаука, 2003