Lycophotia porphyrea (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 Lycophotia → species Lycophotia porphyrea
Species name(s)
Lycophotia porphyrea (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua porphyrea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Noctua strigula Thunberg, 1792 = Phalaena (Noctua) varia Villers, 1789 = Phalaena (Noctua) concinna Esper, 1790 = birivia Borkhausen, 1792 = Noctua picta Fabricius, 1794 = arnicae Fabricius, 1794 = Phalaena ericae Donovan, 1801 = Noctua ericae Haworth, 1809 = Chersotis marmorea Graslin, 1863. [9, 10]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7826
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky.
Forewing length
12—15 mm.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black, White.
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, Greece, 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, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland)Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European Northeast, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Mid-Volzhsky. [3].
- The area - Europe, at an altitude of 2000 m. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Fore wing length 1.2-1.5 cm, brown color, with a white pattern on the front wings and a white border on the rear. [5].
General info about Imago
- Porphyry scoop prefer dry terrain - or the warm southern slopes of field / edge. [5].
Imago lifespan
- Flight from mid-June to late August. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Calluna, Erica. [28].
- Heather. [5].
Larva lifespan
- From September to May. [5].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrey Ponomarev. 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
- [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
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