Alvaradoia

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Alvaradoia
Alvaradoia disjecta

Alvaradoia disjecta

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Superfamily : Noctuoidea
Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae)
Subfamily : Metoponiinae
Genre : Alvaradoia
Scientific name
Alvarodoia
Agenjo , 1984

Alvaradoia is a genus of butterflies from the family of the cutworm (Noctuidae). The type species of the genus is Alvaradoia numerica ( Boisduval , 1840).

features

The wingspan of the moth varies between 18 and 30 millimeters. The basic color of the forewings shows light brown to chestnut brown tones. The transverse lines as well as the wavy and hemline are white and stand out clearly from the ground, but are differently pronounced in the different species. Ring and kidney defects are outlined in black-brown and white. The fringes on the forewings are alternately brown and white piebald. The hind wings without drawing are gray-brown. The abdomen is very narrow.

species

The genus Alvaradoia currently includes four species, two of which occur in Europe. The genre is not represented in Germany.

swell

Individual evidence

  1. a b Michael Fibiger, László Ronkay, Axel Steiner & Alberto Zilli: Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 11 Pantheinae, Dilobinae, Acronictinae, Eustrotiinae, Nolinae, Bagisarinae, Acontiinae, Metoponiinae, Heliothinae and Bryophilinae. 504 pp., Entomological Press, Sorø 2009 ISBN 978-87-89430-14-0

literature

  • Michael Fibiger, László Ronkay, Axel Steiner & Alberto Zilli: Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 11 Pantheinae, Dilobinae, Acronictinae, Eustrotiinae, Nolinae, Bagisarinae, Acontiinae, Metoponiinae, Heliothinae and Bryophilinae. 504 pp., Entomological Press, Sorø 2009 ISBN 978-87-89430-14-0

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