Diarsia brunnea (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 Diarsia → species Diarsia brunnea
Species name(s)
Diarsia brunnea (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua brunnea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Phalaena (Noctua) lucifera Esper, 1789 = Phalaena (Noctua) arvensis Gmelin, [1790] = Noctua carnea Thunberg, 1792 = Phalaena (Noctua) fragariae Borkhausen, 1792. [9, 10]
Purple Clay.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 7.
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; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
18—20 mm.
Primary colors
Red, 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 |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland Sweden, Estonia. [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland side), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania,Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy,Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
- Its range is Northern and Central Europe. [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Front wing-up to 2 cm long. The round and reniform spots are filled with light pigment, the forewings are red-brown to purple-reddish in color. The hindwings are light brown. [85].
General info about Imago
- Habitats: deciduous-mixed forests, clearings and edges, swamps and heaths, meadows and parks. [85].
Imago lifespan
- Years from the beginning of May to the end of August. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Черничные совки питаются черникой. И еще ежевикой. И злаками. [85].
Larva lifespan
- The caterpillar Diarsia brunnea lives from September to May of the following year. [85].
Overwintering stage
Subspecies of Diarsia brunnea
- Diarsia brunnea brunnea. [9]
- D. b. urupina Bryk, 1942. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Nikolai Vladimirov, 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
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