Pelosia muscerda (Hufnagel, 1766)

Имаго (Pelosia muscerda)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Lithosiini → subtribe Lithosiina → genus Pelosia → species Pelosia muscerda

Species name(s)

Pelosia muscerda (Hufnagel, 1766) = Phalaena muscerda Hufnagel, 1766 = Noctua cinerina Esper, 1805 = Noctua pudorina Esper, 1805 = Tinea perlella Fabricius, 1787. [9, 10]

Dotted Footman.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #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; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

14—15 mm.

Wingspan

28—34 mm.

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 			

Over-wintering stage

Larva.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia , Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Russia, Romania,Sardinia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Seaside, Average -Amursky, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural,Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
The area - Europe, in the north often. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - 1.5 cm. The color gray, with two small rows of black dots. Hind wings slightly lighter front. A related, but much less common type -Pelosia obtusa- has a darker shade of brown color with a clearly-defined spots. [5].
Wingspan: 28-34 mm. [PC93].

General info about Imago

Pelosi can be found in wet marshes. But not only. Also wet marshes, the butterfly lives in the wetland forests, as well as in river floodplains. [5].

Imago lifespan

From late June to early August. [5].
June - September [PC93].

General info about Larva

Pupation occurs in the soil under lichen. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Lichens. [28].
Lichens on alder, seaweed, withered leaves. [5].

Larva lifespan

The larvae live from September to June. [5].

Overwintering stage

Winters have Pelosia muscerda caterpillar on soil under lichen. [5].

Subspecies of Pelosia muscerda

Pelosia muscerda muscerda. [9]
P. m. orientalis Daniel, 1954. [187]
P. m. tetrasticta Hampson, 1900. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov, 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
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[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