Autographa aemula (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Plusiinae → tribe Plusiini → subtribe Plusiina → genus Autographa → species Autographa aemula

Species name(s)

Autographa aemula (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua aemula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Noctua lumina Fabricius, 1787 = Phalaena chrysomelas Borkhausen, 1792 = Phytometra aemula elongata Alberti, 1969. [9, 10]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Switzerland. [1].
Austria, Germany, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), France (mainland), Switzerland. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasian, West Caucasian. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Hieracium, Plantago, Leontodon and other low-growing plants. [28].

Subspecies of Autographa aemula

Autographa aemula elongata Alberti, 1969. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Paolo Mazzei, Petr Korzhov.

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
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org