Eurois occulta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Eurois occulta (Linnaeus, 1758) = Eurois occultus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Noctua) occulta Linnaeus, 1758 = Hadena extricata Zetterstedt, [1839] = Polia prolixa Zetterstedt, [1839] = Polia puncticosta Zetterstedt, [1839]. [9, 10]

Great Brocade.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #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; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #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; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

25—30 mm.

Wingspan

50—65 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

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Larva lifespan

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland Sweden, Estonia. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Iceland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland side), the Channel Islands, Poland, Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Ukraine,Faroe Islands, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [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, Kamchatka, Karelian, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur,Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North Sea of Okhotsk, the North Urals, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Area - Northern Europe, in the south - rarely, only where there is a suitable timber. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Front wing 2.5-3 cm in length, the color of gray to blue-gray. A characteristic feature - the size. And yet - with the kidney-shaped spot light obodochkom (though it is not uncommon), round spot with a white pigment and dark brown hind wings with a white fringe. [5].

General info about Imago

Habitats: heath forests with undergrowth of bilberry. [5].
Often in urban areas. [PC93].

Imago lifespan

Secretive scoops fly from June to September. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Myrica gale. [28].
Cranberries and blueberries. [5].
Alder (Alnus), willow (Salix), birch (Betula), Aspen (Populus tremula), currants (Ribes), Rose (Rosa), Bird cherry (Prunus padus), Blueberry (Vaccínium myrtíllus), Heather (Calluna vulgaris), gale (Myrica), Stonecrop (Sedum), thyme (Thymus), Cyprus (Epilobium), Chin (Lathyrus) [PC93].

Larva lifespan

Caterpillars live from September to May. [5].

Subspecies of Eurois occulta

Eurois occultus implicata (Lefebvre, 1836). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Sergey Talanov.

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
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov