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Noctua janthina (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Имаго (Noctua janthina)

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 janthina

Species name(s)

Noctua janthina (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = domiduca Fuessly, 1781 = flavomaculata Goeze, 1781 = altica Geoffroy, 1785 = fimbriaminor Villers, 1789 = circumspecta Drapiez, 1819. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7836

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Forewing length

22—24 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Yellow, 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

Имаго (Noctua janthina)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Crete Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Romania,Sardinia, North Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad. [3].
  • The area: the whole of Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Length of front wing - up to 2.4 cm, white legs, head and collar, yellow-orange hind wings with a broad black stripe on each of them. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Habitats - shore waters, floodplain and swamp forests, gardens and parks. It is relatively rare. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Dark brown scoop flies from June to early October. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Various herbaceous plants and shrubs are not old, such as Dandelion and arum. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • Caterpillars live from September to May. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Sergey Novitckiy.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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