Reddish-yellow tufted owl

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Reddish-yellow tufted owl
Reddish-yellow tufted owl (Apamea sublustris)

Reddish -yellow tufted owl ( Apamea sublustris )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae)
Subfamily : Xyleninae
Genre : Apamea
Type : Reddish-yellow tufted owl
Scientific name
Apamea sublustris
( Esper , 1788)

The reddish-yellow grass- tufted owl ( Apamea sublustris ), also called swamp-meadow grass-root owl, is a butterfly ( moth ) from the owl butterfly family (Noctuidae).

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 37 to 49 millimeters. The basic color of the narrow forewings is yellow-brown to reddish brown. Kidney, cone and ring flaws are missing. Occasionally, darkened spots in the central and peripheral areas stand out. The transverse lines are indicated by dark points. A narrow, darkened hem and a center line can be seen on the gray-white hind wings.

Caterpillar

Adult caterpillars are glassy, ​​dirty reddish gray to yellowish gray in color and have black point warts. The head and pronotum are colored black-brown. The body has some very short dark bristles.

Doll

The slender doll is shiny red-brown in color and has a broad cremaster with four thorns at the end.

Similar species

The whitish-yellow tufted owl ( Apamea litoxylaea ) shows, as the name already suggests, a more whitish-yellow basic color on the forewings. In addition, a dark center line is missing on the hind wings.

distribution and habitat

The range of the species includes Europe and northern Turkey . In the north it reaches central Fennoscandinavia , in the south northern Spain and the Balkan Peninsula with the exception of Greece . The eastern distribution extends to the Crimea . It also occurs in the Caucasus . In the Alps it rises to at least 2200 meters. The reddish-yellow tufted owl prefers to live in marshland, on damp meadows, in moor and bank areas as well as on grassy forest edges. However, the animals were also detected in dry terrain.

Way of life

The nocturnal moths fly in one generation per year from May to September, but mostly in the months of June and July. They sometimes appear in numbers on artificial light sources , occasionally also on baits . The caterpillars mostly live from autumn, overwinter and pupate in the spring of the following year. They stay in a cave in the ground under tufts of grass and feed on the roots of various grasses, for example fescue ( Festuca ) and pipeline species ( Molinia ).

Danger

The reddish-yellow grass tufted owl can be found widespread in many regions of Germany and is classified as “not endangered” on the Red List of Endangered Species .

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Alberto Zilli, László Ronkay, Michael Fibiger: Apameini . In: WG Tremewan (Ed.): Noctuidae Europaeae . 1st edition. tape 8 . Entomological Press, Sorø 2005, ISBN 87-89430-09-3 (English).
  2. ^ A b Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 4: Owls. (Noctuidae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03752-5 .
  3. ↑ a b Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 6 . Moth IV. Noctuidae 2nd part. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1997, ISBN 3-8001-3482-9 .
  4. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany . Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9 .

literature

  • Manfred Koch : We determine butterflies. Volume 3: Owls. 2nd, expanded edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1972, DNB 760072930 .
  • Alberto Zilli, László Ronkay, Michael Fibiger: Apameini . In: WG Tremewan (Ed.): Noctuidae Europaeae . 1st edition. tape 8 . Entomological Press, Sorø 2005, ISBN 87-89430-09-3 (English).
  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 6 . Moth IV. Noctuidae 2nd part. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1997, ISBN 3-8001-3482-9 .

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