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Xestia ditrapezium (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Имаго  Xestia ditrapezium

Taxonomy

class Insecta subclass Pterygota infraclass Neoptera superorder Holometabola order Lepidoptera superfamily Noctuoidea family Noctuidae subfamily Noctuinae tribe Noctuini subtribe Noctuina genus Xestia subgenus Megasema → species Xestia ditrapezium

Species name(s)

Xestia (Megasema) ditrapezium (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua ditrapezium Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Noctua tristigma Treischke, 1825 = nigrescens Wehrli, 1913 = pallida Hoffmann, 1915 = Amathes ditrapezium orientalis Boursin, 1963 = Xestia (Megasema) ditrapezium. [9, 10]

Triple-spotted Clay.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7872

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 9.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Wingspan

34—42 mm.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Имаго  Xestia ditrapezium

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland Sweden, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania,Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Salix, Betula, Rubus and other trees and shrubs. [28].
  • Raspberry (Rubus), Deadnettle (Lamium), Starry (Stellaria), Primrose (Primula), Dandelion (Taraxacum) [PC93].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Natalia Demchenko, Nikolai Vladimirov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

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02.07.2014 20:56, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 34—42 mm. Flight time: No formalized data → June, July, August.

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