Chersotis andereggii

Chersotis andereggii is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1]

Chersotis andereggii
Illustration from The Macrolepidoptera of the World
Chersotis andereggii. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Chersotis
Species:
C. andereggii
Binomial name
Chersotis andereggii
(Boisduval, [1837])
Synonyms
  • Agrotis andereggii Boisduval, [1837]
  • Euxoa andereggii (Boisduval, [1837])
  • Agrotis exclamans Eversmann, 1841

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]

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.[3]

Distribution

This species can be found in Europe (Bulgaria, East European Russia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland),[4] 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.).
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References
  1. Biolib
  2. K Mikkola, J D Lafontaine, P Grotenfelt A revision of the Holarctic Chersotis andereggii complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
  3. Funet
  4. Fauna europaea


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