Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Noctuini → subtribe Noctuina → genus Cerastis → species Cerastis leucographa
Species name(s)
Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua leucographa [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Cerastis cervina Hübner, [1821] = Noctua lepetitii Boisduval, [1837]. [9, 10]
White-marked.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 1.
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; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
11—14 mm.
Primary colors
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 |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
- Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia,Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, 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, of Baikal, Seaside, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur,Middle-Volga, Mid-Ural, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
- Ареал — Европа, чаще на севере, но и там дизъюнктивно. [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- В целом похожа на Cerastis rubricosa, отличия состоят в чуть меньшем размере (длина переднего крыла 1,1—1,4 см) и в зубчиках на усиках самцов, которые длинные гребневидные, а не короткие. [85].
General info about Imago
- Местообитания — редкостойные леса, заливные луга, болота. [85].
Imago lifespan
- Имаго Cerastis leucographa летают с апреля по май. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Cerastis leucographa кормится на чернике, травах. [85].
Larva lifespan
- Гусеницы живут с июня по июль. [85].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrey Ponomarev, 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)
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
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