Oligia strigilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 strigilis

Species name(s)

Oligia strigilis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena strigilis Linnaeus, 1758 = Noctua praeduncula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Miana invisa Walker, [1857] = Procus strigilis virgata Heydemann, 1942. [9, 10]

Marbled Minor.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

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; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.

Forewing length

11—13 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Larva lifespan

January

February

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Over-wintering stage

Larva.

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, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, 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), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, 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, 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, Mid-Volzhsky, Medium Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian,South Ural. [3].
Habitat: Europe, in the mountains - up to 1500 m. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Fore wing length 1.1-1.3 cm, the color - from dark brown to gray, sometimes to black. Kidney-shaped and round spots stand out slightly, edging light (features of closely related species -Oligia versicolor. Another similar appearance -Oligia latruncula. [5].

General info about Imago

Habitats - mixed forests and parks, meadows. [5].

Imago lifespan

Imago Oligia strigilis occur from late May to late August. [5].

General info about Larva

Caterpillar introduced into the stem of cereals. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

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

Larva lifespan

From September to May. [5].

Pupa

Pupation - inside the stem. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar overwinters inside the stem. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Irina Nikulina, Nikolai Vladimirov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

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