Apamea sordens (Hufnagel, 1766)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Apameini → subtribe Apameina → genus Apamea → species Apamea sordens
Species name(s)
Apamea sordens (Hufnagel, 1766) = Phalaena sordens Hufnagel, 1766 = Noctua basilinea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Phalaena (Noctua) marmorosa Esper, [1788] = Noctua nebulosa Vieweg, 1790 = Hadena cinefacta Graeser, 1889 = Hadena basilinea alacra Dannehl, 1933. [9, 10]
Rustic Shoulder-knot.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 3.
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; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
15—18 mm.
Wingspan
30—40 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 |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, 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), Corsica Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, 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-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelian, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga,Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North Okhotsk, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
- The area - a fair Europe, mostly in the south. In the mountains - up to 1500 m altitude. [5].
- Kazakhstan [PC1149].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Front wing from 1.5 to 1.8 cm long, brownish-reddish color with the departure in mediocrity. A notable figure consists only of root black stripes, other spots are almost invisible. [5].
- Wingspan: 30-40 mm. [PC93].
General info about Imago
- Apamea sordens prefer fields, gardens, marshes and heath. [5].
Imago lifespan
- It occurs from mid-May to late July. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Gramineae. [28].
- Wild grasses and cereals. [5].
Larva lifespan
- From August to April. [5].
Subspecies of Apamea sordens
- Apamea sordens finitima Guenée, 1852. [186]
- A. s. sableana Mikkola, 2009. [186]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Irina Nikulina, Nikolai Vladimirov. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Alexander Belousov.
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
- [5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
- [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
- [186] Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
- [PC1149] Alexander Belousov
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