Staurophora celsia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Apameini → subtribe Apameina → genus Staurophora → species Staurophora celsia
Species name(s)
Staurophora celsia (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Noctua) celsia Linnaeus, 1758 = viridis Stephens, 1829 = immaculata Staudinger, 1871 = tenuis Warren, 1911. [9, 10]
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 6.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#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; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
18—20 mm.
Primary colors
Green, 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 |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
- Austria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Norway (mainland), Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Trans-Baikal, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
- Denmark, Brandenburg and Bavaria, Eastern Hungary, the valleys of the Alps. Not in North-Western Europe and in England. In the north reaches 64 ° N. w. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Front wing up to 2 cm in length, on the front wings are large green fields, separated by a brown stripe. Hind wings brown-brown. Luxury scoop is difficult to confuse with any other kind. [5].
General info about Imago
- It flies over the sand and limestone soils in coniferous and deciduous-mixed forest (forest edges, glades and clearings), bogs and heath, in the gardens. [5].
Imago lifespan
- Early September - early October. [5].
General info about Larva
- Off-white or yellowish caterpillar live close to the ground, sometimes in the roots of grasses. At the end of the abdomen in the pupa 4 horn, pupation takes place in the small nest in the roots of grasses. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Calamagrostis epigejos. [28].
- Belous, anthoxanthum ordinary, reed land, Deschampsia cespitosa and other cereals. [5].
Larva lifespan
- From June to August. [5].
Egg
- The eggs are round, pale yellow, are the longitudinal ribs and delayed - in the grass. [5].
Overwintering stage
- In winter Staurophora celsia leaves on the egg stage. [5].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrey Ponomarev, 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
- [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
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