Cucullia fraudatrix (Eversmann, 1837)

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 fraudatrix

Species name(s)

Cucullia (Cucullia) fraudatrix (Eversmann, 1837) = Cucullia pontica Boisduval, 1840 = Cucullia pyrethri Herrich-Schäffer, 1845. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7124

Expansion

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; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

15—17 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, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside , Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Ареал — Южная, Юго-Восточная Европа. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Длина переднего крыла составляет 1,7 см. Цвет светло-сероватый или коричнево-сероватый, окраска неравномерная. Задние крылья по краю темнее, чем в прикорневой зоне. [85].

General info about Imago

Предпочитает сухие участки местности. [85].

Imago lifespan

Лёт с июля до середины августа. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Artemisia vulgaris. [28].
Полынь (Artemisia vulgaris). [85].

Larva lifespan

Гусеница — с августа до сентября. [85].

Overwintering stage

Зимует у Cucullia fraudatrix куколка. [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