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Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)

Имаго (Mythimna unipuncta)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Mythimna (Pseudaletia) unipuncta (Haworth, 1809) = Noctua unipuncta Haworth, 1809 = Leucania extranea Guenée, 1852 = Leucania antica Walker, 1856 = Pseudaletia unipuncta quechua Franclemont, 1951 = Leucania unipuncta tseki Koutsaftikis, 1974 = Mythimna (Pseudaletia) unipuncta = Pseudaletia unipuncta Haworth 1809. [9, 10, 186]

White-speck.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7609

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Nearctic.

Russia regions

#8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Forewing length

16—18 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Larva lifespan

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

Имаго (Mythimna unipuncta)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden. [1].
  • Austria, Azores, Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Ireland, Iceland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland part), Canary Islands, Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta,Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Northern Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Faroe Islands, France (mainland), Cycladic Islands, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Central European, Western Caucasus. [3].
  • Spread almost all over the world, every year arrives in Central Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Front wing up to 1.8 cm long, dark horizontal line splits into four points in the center of the front wings - white spot. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Habitats - gardens, meadows. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Spring and summer - the time of arrival in Europe of adults. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Gramineae. [28].
  • Cereals. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • From July to August the caterpillars live. [5].

Subspecies of Mythimna unipuncta

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Paolo Mazzei.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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