Arcte coerula (Guenée, 1852)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Calpinae → genus Arcte → species Arcte coerula
Species name(s)
Arcte coerula (Guenée, 1852) = Cocytodes coerula Guenée, 1852 = coerulea = caerulea. [9]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:70796
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Russian Regions: Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin ( probably a migrant). Japan (including Tsushima and Ryukyu Islands), Korea, China ( including Taiwan), Southeast Asia, Thailand, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Oceania.- Broad-leaved forests, open biotopes. [204].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- The forewings are dark brown, slightly lighter at the apex and in the median field near the costal margin. The bandages are serrated, very dark, with uneven, lighter edging, the outer band protrudes beyond the cell. The sub-edge line is light and indistinct. The hindwings are dark brown, with blue spots in the middle part and at the posterior corner and a blue band in the subcranial field. At the rear corner, the outer edge of the hind wings is widely cut off. [204].
General info about Imago
- Arcte Koll. Large butterflies. Mustache нит thread-like. The palps are close to the face, almost crescent-shaped, thick, their 3rd segment is very small. There are 5 species in the genus ( Oriental, Ethiopian, and Australian regions). In the Russian Far East 1 view. [204].
Imago lifespan
- - VI-beginning of VII (overwintered migrating individuals), end of VIII - X [204].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Caterpillars on nettle (Urtica), ramie (Boehmeria), in particular on tree boehmeria (B. nipononivea), as well as on Girardinia, Debregeasia, Cypholophus moluccanus, Pipturus. [204].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrey Polstyanoy. Text data: Yuri Semejkin.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [204] Под общей редакцией П. А. Лера Определитель насекомых Дальнего Востока России том 5. Ручейники и чешуекрылые, часть 4. Владивосток : Дальнаука, 2003
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