Mythimna conigera (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Leucaniini → genus Mythimna → subgenus Mythimna → species Mythimna conigera

Species name(s)

Mythimna (Mythimna) conigera (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua conigera Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Phalaena (Noctua) floccida Esper, 1788 = Aletia conigera = Mythimna (Mythimna) conigera. [9, 10]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 8.

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; #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

15—17 mm.

Wingspan

30—35 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

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August

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October

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, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), 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, Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
Ареал: Европа, большей частью умеренная. На высотах до 2000 м. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan: 30-35 mm. [PC93].
Длина переднего крыла 1,5—1,7 см, они могут быть темно-желтыми, красноватыми или коричневато-желтыми. Характерный признак — наружная и внутренняя темные поперечные полосы с светлым пятном между ними. [85].

General info about Imago

Местообитания: сады и влажные луга с кустарниками, парки и опушки леса. [85].

Imago lifespan

June August [PC93].
Лёт с начала июня до середины августа. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Cereals (Gramíneae) [PC93].
Mythimna conigera кормятся на злаках и низких кустарниках. [85].

Larva lifespan

Гусеницы полосатой желто-бурой совки живут с августа по май следующего года, зимуют в почве. [85].

Overwintering stage

Личинка. [85].

Subspecies of Mythimna conigera

Mythimna conigera angulifera (Moore, 1881). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Irina Nikulina.

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
[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
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov