Moma alpium (Osbeck, 1778)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Acronictinae → genus Moma → species Moma alpium
Species name(s)
Moma alpium (Osbeck, 1778) = Phalaena (Noctua) alpium Osbeck, 1778 = Phalaena (Noctua) orion Esper, 1791. [9, 10]
Scarce Merveille du Jour.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 2.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Wingspan
30—36 mm.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,Turkey (European part), 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-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, Seaside , Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky,Average Urals, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan: 30-36 mm. [PC93].
Imago lifespan
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Quercus. [28].
- Birch (Betula), oak (Quercus), beech (Fagus), Rowan (Sorbus), poplar (Populus) [PC93].
Subspecies of Moma alpium
- Moma alpium kolthoffi Bryk, 1948. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrey Ponomarev, Igor Sakhno. 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
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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