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Staurophora celsia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Staurophora celsia)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Apameini → subtribe Apameina → genus Staurophora → species Staurophora celsia

Species name(s)

Staurophora celsia (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Noctua) celsia Linnaeus, 1758 = viridis Stephens, 1829 = immaculata Staudinger, 1871 = tenuis Warren, 1911. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7341

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 6.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#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; #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; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

18—20 mm.

Primary colors

Green, Brown/Gray/Black.

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 (Staurophora celsia)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
  • Austria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Norway (mainland), Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Trans-Baikal, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
  • Denmark, Brandenburg and Bavaria, Eastern Hungary, the valleys of the Alps. Not in North-Western Europe and in England. In the north reaches 64 ° N. w. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Front wing up to 2 cm in length, on the front wings are large green fields, separated by a brown stripe. Hind wings brown-brown. Luxury scoop is difficult to confuse with any other kind. [5].

General info about Imago

  • It flies over the sand and limestone soils in coniferous and deciduous-mixed forest (forest edges, glades and clearings), bogs and heath, in the gardens. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Early September - early October. [5].

General info about Larva

  • Off-white or yellowish caterpillar live close to the ground, sometimes in the roots of grasses. At the end of the abdomen in the pupa 4 horn, pupation takes place in the small nest in the roots of grasses. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Calamagrostis epigejos. [28].
  • Belous, anthoxanthum ordinary, reed land, Deschampsia cespitosa and other cereals. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • From June to August. [5].

Egg

  • The eggs are round, pale yellow, are the longitudinal ribs and delayed - in the grass. [5].

Overwintering stage

  • In winter Staurophora celsia leaves on the egg stage. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Sergey Talanov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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