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Chersotis margaritacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Chersotis
Species:
C. margaritacea
Binomial name
Chersotis margaritacea
Villers, 1789
Synonyms
  • Noctua margaritacea
  • Noctua i-intactum
  • Rhyacia margaritacea
  • Agrotis margaritacea

Chersotis margaritacea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Central and Southern Europe up to heights of 1,500 meters. Outside of Europe, it is found in Algeria, Morocco, Anatolia, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan up to the Altai Mountains.

Description

The wingspan is 32–40 mm. Warren (1914) states R. margaritacea Vill.(= I-intactum Hbn., glareosa Tr., nec Esp.) Forewing pearl-grey, slight flushed with, pink; lines marked by black costal spots; upper stigmata large, obscurely marked, separated by a square black spot; hindwing white, with the veins and terminal area darkened in female and slightly also in dark well-marked males. Occurs throughout S. Europe, in France, Italy, Switzerland, S. Germany, Austria, Hungary, Roumelia, S. Russia; also in Asia Minor, Armenia, W. Siberia, and Turkestan. Larva yellowish brown, marbled with dark above; dorsal and subdorsal lines white, with oblique black streaks between; a red and white lateral line dark-edged above; on low plants.[1]

Biology

The moth flies from June to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Galium and Asperula cynanchica.

References

  1. ^ 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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.