Euplexia lucipara (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Phlogophorini → genus Euplexia → species Euplexia lucipara
Species name(s)
Euplexia lucipara (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena lucipara Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena dubia Hufnagel, 1766 = flavomacula (Fabricius, 1787) = exotica Strand, 1915 = Euplexia lucipara brittanica Turner, 1943 = Euplexia lucipara britannica Turner, 1943. [9, 10]
Small Angle Shades.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 4.
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; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
14—15 mm.
Wingspan
32—36 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
- 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].
- Austria, Azores, Albania, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland) Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, 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, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal,Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
- Ареал Euplexia lucipara — вся Европа до 1500 м высоты. [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan: 32-36 mm. [PC93].
- Переднее крыло 1,5 см длиной, темное, «с красноватым глянцем». Почковидное пятно желтое с металлическим блеском, круглое — темное. [85].
General info about Imago
- Местообитания: поляны и опушки леса, заливные луга, сады и парки. [85].
Imago lifespan
- Бабочки летают с конца мая до конца июля. Бывает второе поколение с августа до сентября. [85].
General info about Larva
- Окукливание идет в почве, в пещерке, стены которой укреплены паутиной. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Pteridium aquilinum, and even Hedera, Quercus, Salix, Betula, and many others. [28].
- Малина, щавель, папортники. [85].
Larva lifespan
- Гусеницы встречаются с сентября по октябрь и в июле—августе. [85].
Subspecies of Euplexia lucipara
- Euplexia lucipara leonhardi Rebel, 1909. [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, 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
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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