Biology:Chersotis andereggii
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| Illustration from The Macrolepidoptera of the World | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Chersotis |
| Species: | C. andereggii
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| Chersotis andereggii (Boisduval, [1837])
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Chersotis andereggii is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1]
Subspecies
- Chersotis andereggii andereggi (Alps)
- Chersotis andereggii arcana (southern Finland, northern Estonia)
- Chersotis andereggii subtilis (Himalayas (Ladakh))
Description
Chersotis andereggii has a wingspan of 29–32 mm. These relatively small moths are generally greyish-brown, with large dark orbicular and claviform markings.[2] Warren states ab. andereggii Boisd. of R. rectangula is darker, without the grey irroration, the lines not showing paler.[3]
Biology
Adults are on wing from the end of July to the first half of August. The larvae feed on Lychnis, Melilotus and Trifolium species.[4]
Distribution
This species can be found in Europe (Bulgaria, East European Russia , Estonia, Finland , France , Greece, Italy, Switzerland ),[5] in the southern Urals, Turkey, north-western Iran, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kirghizia, the Altai mountains, the Sayan Mountains, Baikal, Kamchatka, Mongolia, the Himalaya , the Alps.
Habitat
These moths live in alpine meadows and steppe slopes.[2]
Bibliography
- Erstbeschreibung: BOISDUVAL („1834“): Icones historique des lépidoptères d'Europe nouveaux ou peu connus 2: 1-192, pl. 47-84. Paris (Roret).
- COWAN, C. F. (1970): Boisduval's Icones Historiques des Lépidoptères d'Europe "1832" [-1841]. — Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5 (4): 291-302
- HUEMER, P. (2013): Die Schmetterlinge Österreichs (Lepidoptera). Systematische und faunistische Checkliste. – 304 S. (Studiohefte 12); Innsbruck (Tiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.).
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 K Mikkola, J D Lafontaine, P Grotenfelt A revision of the Holarctic Chersotis andereggii complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
- ↑ Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Funet
- ↑ Fauna europaea
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5092571 entry
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