Agrochola macilenta (Hubner, 1809)
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 macilenta
Species name(s)
Agrochola (Leptologia) macilenta (Hubner, 1809) = Noctua macilenta Hübner, [1809] = Noctua flavilinea Haworth, 1809 = Agrochola macilentus = Agrochola (Leptologia) macilenta. [9, 10]
Yellow-line Quaker.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8085
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.
Forewing length
14—15 mm.
Primary colors
Yellow, 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, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - 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), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad. [3].
- The range of the species is Europe, in the mountains up to 1500 m [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Forewing 1.5 cm long, reddish-brownish-yellowish in color. In general, the butterfly is similar to A. lota, the pattern on the wings is just as indistinct. [85].
General info about Imago
- Habitats: wet lowlands and water meadows, river banks and streams. [85].
Imago lifespan
- Adults meet in early September and early November. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Fagus, Populus, Crataegus, Quercus, at a later age - low-growing plants. [28].
- Ива. [85].
Larva lifespan
Subspecies of Agrochola macilenta
- Agrochola macilenta rubrescens (Wiltshire, 1939). [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrej Makara, Zoran Bozovic. 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
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