Charanyca ferruginea (Esper, 1785)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Caradrinini → subtribe Caradrinina → genus Charanyca → subgenus Rusina → species Charanyca ferruginea
Species name(s)
Charanyca (Rusina) ferruginea (Esper, 1785) = Rusina ferruginea (Esper, [1787]) = Bombyx ferruginea Esper, 1785 = Phalaena (Noctua) umbratica Goeze, 1781 = Noctua tenebrosa Hübner, [1803] = Bombyx phaeus Haworth, 1803 = Noctua obsoletissimus Haworth, 1809 = Rusina tenebrosa = Charanyca (Rusina) ferruginea. [3, 9, 10]
Brown Rustic.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 3.
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; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky.
Forewing length
14—15 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 |
Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - 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), Corsica Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the 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, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal,Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
- Temperate Europe at an altitude of no more than 1600 m [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- The front wing is one and a half centimeters long, the butterfly is inconspicuous. The median shadow is clearly visible on the blackish-brown forewings. [85].
General info about Imago
- Habitats: forest edges, gardens and parks, clearings. [85].
Imago lifespan
- From the end of May to the end of August. [85].
General info about Larva
- Pupation — in the same cave as wintering. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
Larva lifespan
- In September-April. [85].
Overwintering stage
- The caterpillar spends the winter in a cave, which is located in the soil. [85].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Nikolai Vladimirov, Vitaly Gumenuk. 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
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
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