Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Noctuini → subtribe Noctuina → genus Cerastis → species Cerastis leucographa

Species name(s)

Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua leucographa [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Cerastis cervina Hübner, [1821] = Noctua lepetitii Boisduval, [1837]. [9, 10]

White-marked.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

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; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

11—14 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Larva lifespan

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia,Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, 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, of Baikal, Seaside, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur,Middle-Volga, Mid-Ural, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
The area is Europe, mostly in the north, but even there it is disjunctive. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

In general, it is similar to Cerastis rubricosa, the differences consist in a slightly smaller size (forewing length 1.1-1.4 cm) and in the teeth on the antennae of males, which are long and comb-shaped, rather than short. [85].

General info about Imago

Habitats: sparse coniferous forests, water meadows, swamps. [85].

Imago lifespan

Adults of Cerastis leucographa fly from April to May. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Cerastis leucographa кормится на чернике, травах. [85].

Larva lifespan

The caterpillars live from June to July. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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