Cosmia affinis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Xylenini → subtribe Cosmiina → genus Cosmia → subgenus Umia → species Cosmia affinis
Species name(s)
Cosmia (Umia) affinis (Linnaeus, 1767) = Phalaena (Noctua) affinis Linnaeus, 1767 = Noctua palliata Fabricius, 1794. [9, 10]
Lesser-spotted Pinion.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 4.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Wingspan
28—35 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, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland Sweden, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), the Canary Islands, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, 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, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, South Kuril, South Ural. [3].
- Kazakhstan [PC1149].
- Regions of Russia
#1. Kaliningrad; #4. European North-West; #8. European Central; #9. European Central Black Earth; #10. Middle-Volga; #eleven. Volga-Don; #13. West Caucasian; #14. East Caucasus; # 17. South Ural; #19. Sredneobskaya; # 23. Prealtay; # 36. Mid-Amur; # 37. Nizhne-Amur; # 39. South Kuril; # 40. Seashore. [3].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan: 28-35 mm. [PC93].
Imago lifespan
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Ulmus. [28].
- Elm (Ulmus), oak (Quercus) [PC93].
Subspecies of Cosmia affinis
- Cosmia affinis magna (Warren, 1911). [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Evgeny Komarov. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Alexander Belousov.
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
- [PC1149] Alexander Belousov
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