Chersotis rectangula
| Chersotis rectangula | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Chersotis |
| Species: | C. rectangula
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| Binomial name | |
| Chersotis rectangula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Chersotis rectangula is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It is the type species of the genus Chersotis.
Description
[edit | edit source]Chersotis rectangula has a wingspan of 29–37 mm. These moths are generally greyish-brown, with not conspicuous dark markings.[2]
Biology
[edit | edit source]Adults are found from late June to mid-September. Larvae are polyphagous and feed on various herbaceous plants, especially on Melilotus species and Vicia species.[2]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species is present in the southern part of central Europe (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Greece, Romania and Hungary), in SW Siberia, Altai, Turkmenistan, Caucasus, Armenia, Turkey and in NW Iran.[2][3][4]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]Chersotis rectangula live in bushy areas and in rocky grasslands, mainly in the subalpine habitats, at an elevation of 600–2,400 metres (2,000–7,900 ft) above sea level.[2]
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]- ''Chersotis rectangula rectangula
- ''Chersotis rectangula subrectangula (Staudinger, 1871) (Turkey)
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- 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).
- Sviridov, A. V., Noctuid moths (Lepidoptera) new for different areas of the Russian Federation, 1. 2002
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Biolib
- ^ a b c d Toni Koren, Stanislav Gomboc First Record of Chersotis rectangular ([Denis &Schiffermuller], 1775) in Croatia with new data for chersotis multangula (Hubner, 1803) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering. 01/2015; 2015(9-10):441-445
- ^ Fauna europaea
- ^ Funet
External links
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