Xestia ditrapezium (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 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.
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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 |
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
- [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)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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