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Mesogona oxalina (Hubner, 1803)

Имаго (Mesogona oxalina)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Xylenini → subtribe Antitypina → genus Mesogona → species Mesogona oxalina

Species name(s)

Mesogona oxalina (Hubner, 1803) = Noctua oxalina Hübner, [1803] = nigriuscula Krulikowsky, 1893 = rufescens Schawerda, 1907 = unipuncta Kiefer, 1916 = rosea Dannehl, 1926 = obscurata Dannehl, 1926 = privata Dahnehl, 1926. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7991

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky.

Forewing length

15—18 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

Имаго (Mesogona oxalina)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
  • Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland ), Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic,Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South -Uralsky. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Front wing - from 1.5 to 1.8 cm. The color - purple-brown or yellowish-brown. Dappled fuzzy, kidney-shaped - too. Podkraevaya Line breaks into dark spots. Hind wings gray, with gray as fringe. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Habitat - floodplain forests, along rivers and streams. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Flight from August to September. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Populus, Alnus, Salix. [28].
  • Willow and alder, poplar. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • From April to June. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Evgeny Komarov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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