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Mormo maura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Mormo maura)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Dypterygiini → genus Mormo → species Mormo maura

Species name(s)

Mormo maura (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena maura Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena lemur Meinecke, 1775 = Mania maura maurisca Stauder, 1928 = Mormo maura cypriaca Hacker, 1996. [9, 10]

Old Lady.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7416

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Forewing length

30—33 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

Имаго (Mormo maura)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, 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, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia,Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Northern Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland ), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasus, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Lower Volga. [3].
  • It is distributed disjunctively in Europe. It is very rare in Northern Europe and Northern Germany. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The front wings are up to 3.3 cm long — a large animal. All the wings have a jagged edge, they are dark, brown, and the middle field is even darker. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Habitats: wet areas of the area. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Butterflies fly from July to August. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Prunus, Crataegus, Ulmus, Salix, Betula, Euonymus. [28].
  • Ива, ольха, кульбаба, яснотка. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • The caterpillars live from August to May. Pupation of Mormo maura takes place in a dense spider nest on the ground. [85].

Subspecies of Mormo maura

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vlad Proklov, Paolo Mazzei.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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