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Euplexia lucipara (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Euplexia lucipara)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Phlogophorini → genus Euplexia → species Euplexia lucipara

Species name(s)

Euplexia lucipara (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena lucipara Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena dubia Hufnagel, 1766 = flavomacula (Fabricius, 1787) = exotica Strand, 1915 = Euplexia lucipara brittanica Turner, 1943 = Euplexia lucipara britannica Turner, 1943. [9, 10]

Small Angle Shades.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7936

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #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; #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; #27. Pribaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

14—15 mm.

Wingspan

32—36 mm.

Primary colors

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 (Euplexia lucipara)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Austria, Azores, Albania, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland) Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal,Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
  • The range of Euplexia lucipara is all of Europe up to 1500 m in height. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan: 32-36 mm. [PC93].
  • Forewing 1.5 cm long, dark, "with a reddish gloss". The reniform spot is yellow with a metallic luster, the round spot is dark. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Habitats: clearings and forest edges, water meadows, gardens and parks. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Butterflies fly from the end of May to the end of July. There is a second generation from August to September. [85].

General info about Larva

  • Pupation takes place in the soil, in a cave, the walls of which are reinforced with cobwebs. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Pteridium aquilinum, and even Hedera, Quercus, Salix, Betula, and many others. [28].
  • Малина, щавель, папортники. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Caterpillars are found from September to October and in July-August. [85].

Subspecies of Euplexia lucipara

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

Comments

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03.06.2015 17:34, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 32—36 mm.

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