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Anarta myrtilli (Linnaeus, 1761)

Имаго  (Anarta myrtilli)

Taxonomy

class Insecta subclass Pterygota infraclass Neoptera superorder Holometabola order Lepidoptera superfamily Noctuoidea family Noctuidae subfamily Noctuinae tribe Hadenini subtribe Discestrina genus Anarta subgenus Anarta → species Anarta myrtilli

Species name(s)

Anarta (Anarta) myrtilli (Linnaeus, 1761) = Phalaena myrtilli Linnaeus, 1761 = Phalaena Noctua myrtilli Linnaeus, 1761 = Phalaena ericae Hufnagel, 1766 = Anarta rufescens Tutt, 1892 = Anarta myrtilli citrina Warren, 1911 = albirena Hübner, [1803]. [9, 10]

Beautiful Yellow Underwing.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7452

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky.

Primary colors

Red, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Имаго  (Anarta myrtilli)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia,Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Mid-Volzhsky. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Calluna, Vaccinium. [28].

Subspecies of Anarta myrtilli

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vlad Proklov, Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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