Orthosia gracilis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Orthosiini → genus Orthosia → subgenus Cororthosia → species Orthosia gracilis
Species name(s)
Orthosia (Cororthosia) gracilis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua gracilis [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Phalaena (Noctua) lepida Brahm, 1791 = Bombyx sparsus Haworth, 1803. [9, 10]
Powdered Quaker.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 1.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky.
Forewing length
16—18 mm.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black, White.
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
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Finland France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian,South Ural. [3].
- Habitat: Europe. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Front wing up to 1.8 cm long, color may vary from individual to individual within the gray / taupe / brown, the top of the front wings - acute-angled. [5].
General info about Imago
- Venues with butterfly - floodplains of streams and rivers, wet edge of the forest and meadows. [5].
Imago lifespan
- Moths fly during flowering willow, from late March to late May. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
Larva lifespan
- Caterpillars early dark gray scoops live from May to early June. [5].
Overwintering stage
Subspecies of Orthosia gracilis
- Orthosia gracilis pallidior (Staudinger, 1888). [9]
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
- [5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
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