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Hydraecia micacea (Esper, 1789)

Имаго (Hydraecia micacea)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Hydraecia micacea (Esper, 1789) = Phalaena (Noctua) micacea Esper, 1789 = Noctua cypriaca Hübner, [1803]. [9, 10]

Rosy Rustic.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7285

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #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; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin.

Forewing length

14—23 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, 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

Имаго (Hydraecia micacea)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden , Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Iceland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia , Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Faroe Islands, 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, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, of Baikal,Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
  • Distribution-disjunctive in Europe. At altitudes not exceeding 800 m [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The length of the front wing can be 1,4, and maybe all 2,3 cm. The color can be light brown, yellowish, or reddish. Light round and kidney-shaped spots are surrounded by dark rims. The inner transverse band on the forewings is sinuous, the outer one is straight. The hindwings are light, with a dark stripe. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Habitats: swamps, floodplains of rivers, streams. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Hydraecia micacea flies as an adult from mid-July to early October. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Мать-и-мачеха, болотный касатик и щавель, белокопытник и лебеда могут привлечь даже самых взыскательных личинок яровой совки. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Caterpillars live on the rhizomes of forage plants, from May to August. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Marija Jaunkunga, Nikolai Vladimirov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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