Acronicta euphorbiae (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Acronictinae → tribe Acronictini → genus Acronicta → subgenus Viminia → species Acronicta euphorbiae
Species name(s)
Acronicta (Viminia) euphorbiae (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua euphorbiae [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Phalaena obscura Ström, 1783 = Phalaena euphrasiae Brahm, 1791 = Noctua cyparissiae Hübner, [1813] = Noctua esulae Hübner, [1813]. [9, 10]
Sweet Gale Moth.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7015
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, USSR - 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 Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic Islands, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Yugoslavia. [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Euphorbia, Myrica, Calluna, Betula, Salix and others. [28].
Subspecies of Acronicta euphorbiae
- Acronicta euphorbiae benesignata Lempke, 1964. [187]
- A. e. euphrasiae Brahm, 1791. [187]
- A. e. montivaga Guenée, 1852. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Masha Gill. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [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
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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