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Agrochola lota (Clerck, 1759)

Имаго Agrochola lota

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Agrochola (Leptologia) lota (Clerck, 1759) = Phalaena lota Clerck, 1759 = Phalaena (Noctua) hippophaes Goeze, 1781 = pallida (Tutt, 1892) = suffusa (Tutt, 1892) = rufa (Tutt, 1892) = subdita (Warren, 1910) = Agrochola (Leptologia) lota. [9, 10]

Red-line Quaker.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8084

Expansion

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; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky.

Forewing length

14—15 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 lota

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, 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), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, 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, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Prealtay, of Baikal, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, South Ural. [3].
  • Range: Europe, in the Alps reaches 1500 m. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The length of the forewing is about 1.5 cm, in color, if you really want to, you can notice shades of blue, although in general it is rather gray-brownish. The species is very similar to A. macilenta, it has the same indistinct pattern on the wings, a dark dot at the bottom of the reniform spot. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Habitats: river and stream banks, water meadows. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Adults meet from the beginning of September to the beginning of November. [85].

General info about Larva

  • When young, the caterpillars live between folded leaves. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Salix. [28].
  • Ива. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • From May to July. [85].

Subspecies of Agrochola lota

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Boris Lariushin.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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