Noctua fimbriata (Schreber, 1759)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Noctua fimbriata (Schreber, 1759) = Phalaena fimbriata Schreber, 1759 = Phalaena domiduca Hufnagel, 1766 = Phalaena (Noctua) fimbria Linnaeus, 1767 = Noctua solani Fabricius, 1787 = parthenii Schrank, 1801. [9, 10]

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 6.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Forewing length

23—28 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland) , Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta?, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland) Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Mid-Volzhsky. [3].
Range: Central Europe up to 2500 m in height. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The length of the forewing is 2.3-2.8 cm. A broad black stripe is found on the light (yellow or dark yellow) hindwings. The forewings of females are light, with an external transverse stripe, while those of males are red-brown. Reniform and annular spots — with light rims. [85].

General info about Imago

Habitats: sparse coniferous forests, forest edges, gardens and parks. [85].

Imago lifespan

Years from mid-June to mid-September. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Ежевика, первоцвет, «некоторые кустарники». [85].

Larva lifespan

Noctua fimbriata caterpillars live from September to May. [85].

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
[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