Polia nebulosa (Hufnagel, 1766)

Имаго (Polia nebulosa)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Hadenini → subtribe Poliina → genus Polia → species Polia nebulosa

Species name(s)

Polia nebulosa (Hufnagel, 1766) = Phalaena nebulosa Hufnagel, 1766 = bimaculosa Esper, [1788] = Phalaena (Noctua) bimaculosa Esper, 1788 = Phalaena (Noctua) thapsi Brahm, 1791 = Phalaena grandis Donovan, 1801 = Noctua plebeja Hübner, [1803] = calabrica Warren, 1910 = Polia (Polia) nebulosa. [9, 10]

Grey Arches.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 12.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Nearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #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; #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; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

22—28 mm.

Wingspan

43—56 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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November

December

Larva lifespan

 					January 					February 					March 					April 					May 					June 					July 					August 					September 					October 					November 					December 			

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova , Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, 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-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay , of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside,Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
The area - Europe and North America, mountains up to 1600 m. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Front wing - from 2.2 to 2.8 cm. The large kidney-shaped and round spots, with black rims. Cross strongly zigzag stripes. Hind wings brown with a white fringe. [5].
Wingspan: 43-56 mm. [PC93].

General info about Imago

Places volley: meadows, light forests, gardens and parks. [5].

Imago lifespan

From May to July. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Dull gray bat is found in a garden dwarf alder, willow and turn, privet and alder. [5].
Oak (Quercus), alder (Alnus), willow (Salix), birch (Betula), Aspen (Populus tremula), Plum (Prunus), raspberry (Rubus), Viburnum (Viburnum), Privet (Ligustrum), Primrose (Primula) , dandelion (Taraxacum) [PC93].

Larva lifespan

From August to May. [5].

Subspecies of Polia nebulosa

Polia nebulosa askolda (Oberthür, 1880). [9]
P. n. lama (Staudinger, 1896). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Evgeny Komarov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

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)
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov