Hoplodrina ambigua (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Caradrinini → subtribe Caradrinina → genus Hoplodrina → species Hoplodrina ambigua

Species name(s)

Hoplodrina ambigua (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua ambigua Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Noctua plantaginis Hübner, [1813] = Orthosia uniformis Swinhoe, 1885. [9, 10]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky.

Forewing length

14—15 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

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

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, USSR - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Ireland, Spain (mainland) Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, North Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland part), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
The range is warm Europe, and even there only disjunctively, in the mountains up to 1600 m. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Front fenders — 1.5 cm. Round and kidney-shaped spots are clear, with light rims. [85].

General info about Imago

Habitats: edges and heaths, borders and floodplain meadows, gardens. [85].

Imago lifespan

Two generations from the end of May to July and from the end of July to October. The second generation is more numerous. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Кульбаба и подорожник, щавель и латук. [85].

Larva lifespan

At the caterpillar stage, ground brownish-gray scoops should be searched from September to April and from June to July. [85].

Overwintering stage

The caterpillar overwinters. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov.

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