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Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1773)

Самец (Ophiusa tirhaca)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Erebinae → tribe Ophiusini → genus Ophiusa → species Ophiusa tirhaca

Species name(s)

Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1773) = Phalaena tirhaca Cramer, [1777] = Noctua tirrhaea Fabricius, 1781 = Noctua vesta Esper, 1789 = Noctua auricularis Hübner, [1803] = Ophiodes hottentota Guenée, 1852 = Ophiodes separans Walker, 1858 = Anua absens Warren, 1913 = Anua pura Warren, 1913 = Anua clementi Swinhoe, 1918 = Ophiusa obscura Pinker & Bacallado, 1979. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:6815

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

27—30 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Green, 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 (Ophiusa tirhaca)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Turkey - The European part of France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Austria, Azores, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), the Canary Islands, Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Madeira, Macedonia, Malta, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovenia, Turkey (European part)France (mainland), Croatia, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: Seaside. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Very beautiful and very rare representative of the scoop. Front wing up to 3 cm in length, front fenders shiny green, with wide outer strip and the kidney-shaped dark spot. Hind wings, too shiny, yellow, with a transverse strip. And abdomen yellow, but the head with the back - green. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Habitats - the edge of the clearing and dry Mediterranean forests of hardwood. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Two overlapping generations from late May to late October. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Pistacia lentiscus, Cistus, Rhus cotinus. [28].
  • Pistachios. And besides - cistus and Rhus cotinus. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • The caterpillars live in July and August. [5].

Subspecies of Ophiusa tirhaca

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Diego Reggianti, Vlad Proklov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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