Autographa bractea (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 bractea

Species name(s)

Autographa bractea (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua bractea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Phalaena securis Villers, 1789. [9, 10]

Gold Spangle.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.

Forewing length

14—21 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

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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, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden , Estonia. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland,Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Karelia, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya , South-West-Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Disjunctive distribution in Fennoscandia, Central Europe, and the Alps. In the Alps it rises to heights of up to 2600 m [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Forewing length from 1.4 to 2.1 cm, color from brown to violet-brown, in the center of each of the forewings a large light spot. The hindwings are brownish brown, slightly lighter towards the root. [85].

General info about Imago

Meeting point-mountains. Water meadows and wet forests, wet edges and banks of water bodies. [85].

Imago lifespan

Two generations — from June to July and from August to September. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Urtica, Rumex, Anthriscus. [28].
Мать-и-мачеха, подорожник, ястребинка. [85].

Larva lifespan

In the caterpillar stage, Autographa bractea occurs from September to May and from July to August. [85].

Overwintering stage

The caterpillar overwinters. [85].

Subspecies of Autographa bractea

Autographa bractea montsenyensis Sarto y Monteys, 1979. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk.

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