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Agrochola litura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Agrochola litura)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Xylenini → subtribe Xylenina → genus Agrochola → subgenus Anchoscelis → species Agrochola litura

Species name(s)

Agrochola (Anchoscelis) litura (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Noctua) litura Linnaeus, 1761 = Phalaena (Noctua) polluta Esper, 1788 = Noctua ornatrix Geyer, [1834] = Agrochola (Anchoscelis) litura. [9, 10]

Brown-spot Pinion.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8070

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Forewing length

14—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

Имаго (Agrochola litura)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France , Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Andorra, 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), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, 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 Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky. [3].
  • Southern Europe. [85].
  • Southern Urals. [PC1243].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Forewing: 1.4 to 1.8 cm long, grey-brown to purple-red-brown in color, with characteristic spots with thin light rims filled with dark pigment. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Meeting points — roads and forest edges, water meadows and clearings, gardens and parks. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • The time of summer is from the beginning of August to the end of October. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Ивы, терн, жарновец, черника и шиповник, яснотка, лядвенец, горошек и щавель. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • From April to early June, you can meet the larvae of Agrochola litura. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrej Makara.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Nikolay Grebennikov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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