Mesogona oxalina (Hubner, 1803)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Xylenini → subtribe Antitypina → genus Mesogona → species Mesogona oxalina
Species name(s)
Mesogona oxalina (Hubner, 1803) = Noctua oxalina Hübner, [1803] = nigriuscula Krulikowsky, 1893 = rufescens Schawerda, 1907 = unipuncta Kiefer, 1916 = rosea Dannehl, 1926 = obscurata Dannehl, 1926 = privata Dahnehl, 1926. [9, 10]
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 1.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #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; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky.
Forewing length
15—18 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 |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland ), Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic,Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South -Uralsky. [3].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Front wing - from 1.5 to 1.8 cm. The color - purple-brown or yellowish-brown. Dappled fuzzy, kidney-shaped - too. Podkraevaya Line breaks into dark spots. Hind wings gray, with gray as fringe. [5].
General info about Imago
- Habitat - floodplain forests, along rivers and streams. [5].
Imago lifespan
- Flight from August to September. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Populus, Alnus, Salix. [28].
- Willow and alder, poplar. [5].
Larva lifespan
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrey Ponomarev, Evgeny Komarov. 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)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
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