Pyrausta purpuralis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Pyrausta purpuralis)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Pyraloidea → family Crambidae → subfamily Pyraustinae → genus Pyrausta → species Pyrausta purpuralis

Species name(s)

Pyrausta purpuralis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena purpuralis Linnaeus, 1758 = Botys purpurata Latreille, [1802]. [9, 10]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 5.

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; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky.

Wingspan

15—22 mm.

Primary colors

Red, Orange, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), 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, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal,Pribaikalskiy, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan: 15-22 mm. [PC93].

Imago lifespan

May - August [PC93].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Mentha aquatica, Mentha arvensis, Thymus. [28].
Mint (Mentha), Oregano (Origanum), thyme (Thymus), Chernogolovka (Prunella) [PC93].

Subspecies of Pyrausta purpuralis

Zygaena purpuralis austronubigena (Verity, 1946). [10]
P. p. caledonensis (Reiss, 1931). [10]
P. p. dojranica (Burgeff, 1926). [10]
P. p. fiorii (Costantini, 1916). [10]
P. p. isarca (Verity, 1922). [10]
P. p. lathyri (Boisduval, 1828). [10]
P. p. magnalpina (Verity, 1922). [10]
P. p. minimalis Heydemann, 1934. [187]
P. p. mirabilis (Verity, 1922). [10]
P. p. nubigena (Lederer, 1853). [10]
P. p. purpuralis (Brunnich, 1763). [10]
P. p. sabulosa (Tremewan, 1976). [10]
P. p. segontii (Tremewan, 1958). [10]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Natalia Demchenko, Andrei Komrakov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

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
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov