Lithophane merckii (Rambur, 1832)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Xylenini → subtribe Xylenina → genus Lithophane → subgenus Lithophane → species Lithophane merckii
Species name(s)
Lithophane (Lithophane) merckii (Rambur, 1832) = Xylina merckii Rambur, 1832 = Noctua ripagina Geyer, [1835] = Graptolitha merci Hampson, 1906 = Lithophane (Lithophane) merckii. [9, 10]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8116
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Romania, Sardinia, France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Macedonia, Romania, Sardinia, Slovenia, France (mainland), Croatia, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
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
- [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
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