Oligia latruncula (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Oligia latruncula (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua latruncula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775. [9, 10]

Tawny Marbled Minor.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 7.

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; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky.

Forewing length

10—12 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Larva lifespan

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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, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of 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, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Prealtay, of Baikal, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Urals , Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian,South Ural. [3].
Habitat: moderate Europe, at an altitude of 2000 m. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - from 1 to 1.2 cm. The external is very similar to theOligia strigilisandOligia versicolor. The butterfly is dark brown or purple-brown and sometimes black front wings, fuzzy spots and low contrast between the tone of the wings and fringe (the latter is usually yellowish-brown or rusty-reddish). [5].

General info about Imago

Forest clearings, gardens - places volley. [5].

Imago lifespan

Time volley Oligia latruncula happens between May and August. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Gramineae. [28].
Cereals. [5].

Larva lifespan

Caterpillars live from September to May: winter. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [5].

Subspecies of Oligia latruncula

Oligia latruncula latruncula. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Nikolai Vladimirov.

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
[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