Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758)
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 pronuba
Species name(s)
Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Noctua) pronuba Linnaeus, 1758 = Noctua connuba Hübner, [1822] = Triphaena innuba Treitschke, 1825. [9, 10]
Large Yellow Underwing.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 3.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky.
Forewing length
23—28 mm.
Wingspan
44—60 mm.
Primary colors
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 |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Austria, Azores, Albania, Andorra, Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Isles, the Vatican, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Ireland, Iceland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland)Canary Islands, Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, San Marino, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Northern Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia,Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic, 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, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky, South Ural. [3].
- Ареал — вся Европа на высоте до 3000 м. [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan: 44-60 mm. [PC93].
- Длина коричневого, охрового или красно-бурого переднего крыла — от 2,3 до 2,8 см. А вот задние крылья как раз желтые, имеют черную кайму. [85].
General info about Imago
- Большая совка летает по городам и селам, садам и паркам, опушкам и лугам, болотам и верещатникам. [85].
Imago lifespan
- С конца мая до конца сентября. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Cereals (Gramíneae), onion (Allium), rhubarb (Rheum), cabbage (Brassica), plantain (Plantago), spinach (Spinacia), Primrose (Primula), Tomato (Solanum), Dandelion (Taraxacum), hawkweed (Hieracium) [PC93].
- Личинки желтокрылой совки не сильно привередливы — питаются на капусте и злаках. [85].
Larva lifespan
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Maxim Schwarz, Vasiliy Feoktistov. 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
- [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
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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