Cosmia pyralina (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Имаго (Cosmia pyralina)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Xylenini → subtribe Cosmiina → genus Cosmia → subgenus Nemus → species Cosmia pyralina

Species name(s)

Cosmia (Nemus) pyralina (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua pyralina Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Phalaena (Noctua) corrusca Esper, 1798. [9, 10]

Lunar-spotted Pinion.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8040

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #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; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

13—15 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

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, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia , Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, the Lower Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur , Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural,South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
Area: Central Europe. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The length of the front wing is 1.3-1.5 cm. Color - from dark brown to red-brown, possible shade of purple. The transverse stripes on the forewings are black, with a white stroke at the apex of these wings. The hindwings are lighter than the forewings, with even lighter fringes. [85].

Imago lifespan

Years from June to August. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Ulmus, Crataegus, Prunus, Malus. [28].
Лиственные деревья, в том числе яблони и груши. [85].

Larva lifespan

Cosmia pyralina caterpillars are more common in May. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Natalia Demchenko, Irina Nikulina.

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
[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
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015