Gortyna flavago (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Имаго (Gortyna flavago)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Apameini → subtribe Apameina → genus Gortyna → species Gortyna flavago

Species name(s)

Gortyna flavago (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua flavago Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Phalaena ochracea Hübner, 1786 = Phalaena lappae Donovan, 1801 = Noctua ochraceago Haworth, 1809. [9, 10]

Frosted Orange.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

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; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.

Forewing length

18—20 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Baleares, 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, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), 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, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Prealtay, Medium Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya,South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Range-temperate Europe, at altitudes not exceeding 1400 m. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Forewing up to 2 cm, although usually smaller, golden-yellow or reddish-yellow in color, with a light spot at the apex of the wing. [85].

General info about Imago

Habitats: Banks of water bodies, water meadows and wet lowlands, as well as gardens and parks. Where burdock grows. [85].

Imago lifespan

The time of summer is from the end of August to October. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Питание золотистой подорожниковой совки состоит из лопухов. [85].

Larva lifespan

Gortyna flavago caterpillars are found from April to August. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Natalia Demchenko, Sergey Talanov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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)
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015