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Macdunnoughia confusa (Stephens, 1850)

Имаго (Macdunnoughia confusa)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Plusiinae → tribe Plusiini → subtribe Autoplusiina → genus Macdunnoughia → species Macdunnoughia confusa

Species name(s)

Macdunnoughia confusa (Stephens, 1850) = Plusia confusa Stephens, 1850 = Plusia gutta Guenée, 1852 = Plusia bigutta Staudinger, 1892 = Macdunnoughia monosigna Chou & Lu, 1979 = Macdunnoughia (Macdunnoughia) confusa. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8232

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

14—15 mm.

Wingspan

32—42 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

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 (Macdunnoughia confusa)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland) , Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova,Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, 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, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelian, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
  • Kazakhstan [PC1149].
  • It is distributed in Europe south of the Alps, although it is also found in Central Europe. In the Alps it reaches an altitude of 1200 m [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan: 32-42 mm. [PC93].
  • The length of the forewing is about 1.5 cm, the color is purple-gray, slightly lighter in comparison with the metallic gamma. A white spot is clearly visible on each of the front wings. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Metal drop flies in warm, dry and sunny places, it can be found on the edges of forests, clearings, in floodplain forests, in fields, and sometimes in gardens and parks. Macdunnoughia confusa butterflies are active both during the day and at night. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • The species gives 2 generations - from May to July and from August to October. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Urtica, Achillea, Silene, Matricaria, Artemisia, Anthemis. [28].
  • Ромашка и другие. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Larvae are found from September to June and from August to October, wintering. [85].

Overwintering stage

  • Caterpillar. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Alexander Belousov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

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10.07.2015 7:00, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 32—42 mm.

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