Cucullia asteris (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Cuculliinae → tribe Cuculliini → genus Cucullia → subgenus Cucullia → species Cucullia asteris

Species name(s)

Cucullia (Cucullia) asteris (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua asteris Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775. [9, 10]

Star-wort.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #28. Zabaikalsky*.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Forewing length

18—20 mm.

Primary colors

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

Over-wintering stage

Pupa.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia , Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland side), the Channel Islands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, 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, Central European, Trans-Baikal (?), Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Mid-Volzhsky, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Range-Europe, in the Alps up to 1500 m altitude. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Forewing length of 2 cm, light brown color and purple border, crescent-shaped spot in the middle of the wings. [85].

General info about Imago

It flies on sandy heaths and dry meadows, forest edges and other dry areas. [85].

Imago lifespan

Years from the end of June to the end of July. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Solidago virgaurea, Aster tripolium, Aster sedifolius, Callistephus chinensis. [28].
Астры и золотарник. [85].

Larva lifespan

Caterpillar: from July to early August. [85].

Pupa

Cucullia asteris pupae should be looked for in the soil, where they can stay for a whole year. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

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