Chersotis cuprea
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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. cuprea
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| Binomial name | |
| Chersotis cuprea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
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Chersotis cuprea is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
Subspecies
[edit]There are three recognised subspecies:
- Chersotis cuprea cuprea
- Chersotis cuprea japonica (Japan)
- Chersotis cuprea schaeferi (Eastern Tibet)
Description
[edit]Adult males have a wingspan of 32–36 millimetres (1.3–1.4 in); adult females have a wingspan of 33–39 millimetres (1.3–1.5 in). This species shows a high variability in the basic colors. Usually, the upper side of the forewings is coppery reddish brown (hence the Latin name cuprea) with dark brown markings that have a thin whitish border. The underside of the forewing is dark gray-brown. The hind wings are monochrome gray-brown. Caterpillars are gray-brown, with dark dorsal markings and bright side stripes.[1] Warren (1914) states R. cuprea Schiff. (= haematitedea Esp.) that the forewing is a dull brown; the median area below the subcostal vein is dark brown; the veins and edges of stigmata are very finely pale; the stigmata are a deep brown; the costa is dark with fine pale speckling and a dark shade before the submarginal line; the hindwing is gray-brown with a yellowish fringe. The species in found in Northern Europe (excluding Britain), Armenia, and Kamschatka. The larvae are dull brown, with 3 whitish dorsal lines, some oblique black subdorsal streaks, and a grey lateral line; The larvae live on various low plants.[2]
Biology
[edit]The moth flies from July to September depending on the location. The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus, on Asteraceae (Centaurea or Taraxacum) and on other plants.[3][4]
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found in Northern Europe, the Pyrenees, Central Europe down to Greece and east through Ukraine, Siberia, Turkey, the Caucasus and Armenia, up to China and Japan.[3][5]
Habitat
[edit]These moths live in forests and in mountain forests, in nutrient-poor grasslands and especially in partly humid alpine pastures.[4]
Bibliography
[edit]- Michael Fibiger: Noctuinae II. - Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 2. Entomological Press, Sorø, 1993, ISBN 87-89430-02-6
- Erstbeschreibung: (1775): Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend herausgegeben von einigen Lehrern am k. k. Theresianum. 1-323, pl. I a+b, Frontispiz. Wien (Augustin Bernardi).
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Beccaloni G.W., Scoble M.J., Robinson G.S. & Pitkin B.
- Manfred Koch: Wir bestimmen. Schmetterlinge. Band 3. Eulen. Neumann Verlag Radebeul 2. Auflage 1972
- Hochspringen Bundesamt für Naturschutz (Hrsg.): Rote Liste gefährdeter Tiere Deutschlands. Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9
References
[edit]- ^ MEMIM Encyclopedia
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Funet
- ^ a b Pyrgus.de
- ^ Fauna europaea
External links
[edit]- Chersotis cuprea at Lepiforum
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