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Cucullia umbratica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Cucullia umbratica)

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 umbratica

Species name(s)

Cucullia (Cucullia) umbratica (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Noctua) umbratica Linnaeus, 1758 = Cucullia sonchi Heinemann, 1859 = albida Spuler, 1908 = lucifuga = lactucae = tanaceti. [9, 10]

The Shark.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 6.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

21—26 mm.

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.

Имаго (Cucullia umbratica)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - 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), Latvia , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay, of Baikal,Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
  • Area: Europe. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Forewing length is 2.1-2.6 cm, the forewings are ash-grey, narrow, with an elongated apex and dark protruding veins. [85].

General info about Imago

  • It flies along heather beds, roadsides, forest edges, and floodplain meadows. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Gray hoods fly from mid-May to mid-August. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Sonchus, Lactuca. [28].
  • Сложноцветные — цикорий, ястребинку, осот. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • From late June to mid-August. [85].

Pupa

  • Pupation of Cucullia umbratica takes place on the soil, where the pupa remains for one or even two years, after which an adult butterfly appears. [85].

Subspecies of Cucullia umbratica

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Irina Nikulina, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

Comments

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02.02.2014 22:08, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Pupa.

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