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Euxoa tritici (Linnaeus, 1761)

Имаго (Euxoa tritici)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Noctuini → subtribe Agrotina → genus Euxoa → subgenus Euxoa → species Euxoa tritici

Species name(s)

Euxoa (Euxoa) tritici (Linnaeus, 1761) = Euxoa crypta Dadd, 1927 = Phalaena (Noctua) tritici Linnaeus, 1761 = Agrotis crypta Dadd, 1927 = Phalaena brunnea Hufnagel, 1766 = Euxoa (Mesoeuxoa) biscajana Corti, 1932 = Euxoa (Euxoa) crypta = Euxoa (Euxoa) tritici. [9, 10, 85]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7757

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny.

Forewing length

12—15 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

Over-wintering stage

Larva.

Имаго (Euxoa tritici)

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Euxoa crypta. [85].

Distribution

  • Belgium, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Sweden, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, 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, Baleares, Belgium, Hungary, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania?Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: European North-West, the European Central Black Earth. [3].
  • Moderate Europe, Asia. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Front wing 1.2-1.5 cm, slightly sets it apart from similarEuxoa obelisca. Other differences: the color varies more (from grayish and blackish to dark brown), the overall color of a single color, but it sounds like she alreadyEuxoa aquilina. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Tillage scoop found on cereal boxes. And besides, on fallow lands and pastures from the steppes. It flies at night. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Flight of the end of June - end of September. [5].

General info about Larva

  • Track ocher or yellow, with a light stripe on the back and darker stripes on the side. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Roots and basal part of the grasses and herbs. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • Living from September to May (if not pupate in the fall). [5].

Egg

  • Euxoa tritici lays eggs at the base of plotnokustovyh grasses and other herbs. [5].

Overwintering stage

  • Caterpillar overwinters on the ground. Sometimes the caterpillars pupate in the fall, then the pupa overwinter. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Oleg Seliverstov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

Comments

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30.01.2014 22:14, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Larva.

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