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Oligia versicolor (Borkhausen, 1792)

Имаго Oligia versicolor

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 versicolor

Species name(s)

Oligia versicolor (Borkhausen, 1792) = Phalaena (Noctua) versicolor Borkhausen, 1792 = Oligia versicolor vojnitsi Kovács, 1983 = Oligia nerminae Kocak, 1983. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7323

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky.

Forewing length

10—11 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

Over-wintering stage

Larva.

Имаго Oligia versicolor

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland, 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, the Volga-Fair. [3].
  • The area - the whole of Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The size of the wing (about 1.1 cm), and other features of the appearance of a little different from thoseOligia strigilis, but there are some differences too: the main color of the front wings reddish or reddish-brown, round and kidney-shaped spots are usually white or black rims, making them stands out,and the difference between the relatively dark background and light wing fringe is not so great. A second similar appearance that is worth noting -Oligia latruncula. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Venues - Wet, for example, floodplain forests. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • From June to August. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

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

Larva lifespan

  • Lifetime caterpillars Oligia versicolor - from September to May of next year. [5].

Overwintering stage

  • Obviously, the caterpillar. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Paolo Mazzei, Zoran Bozovic.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

Comments

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30.01.2014 22:08, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Larva.

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