Brownish-gray mugwort monk

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Brownish-gray mugwort monk
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Brownish- gray mugwort monk ( Cucullia fraudatrix )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae)
Subfamily : Cuculliinae
Genre : Cucullia
Type : Brownish-gray mugwort monk
Scientific name
Cucullia fraudatrix
( Eversmann , 1837)
Prepared brownish-gray mugwort monk

The brownish- gray mugwort monk ( Cucullia fraudatrix ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of owl butterflies (Noctuidae).

features

The brownish-gray mugwort monk reaches a wingspan of around 34 to 42 millimeters. The forewings are narrow and of a light gray, gray-brown or blue-gray basic color. On the hem under the front edge, at the root, in the middle and above the inner edge there are striking, black longitudinal lines that also cut through the light outer wavy line. This distinguishes the brownish-gray mugwort monk from the otherwise similar species mugwort monk ( Cucullia artemisiae ) and goldenrod monk ( Cucullia gnaphalii ). The hind wings are light gray, merging into a darker shade of gray on the outside. On the head there is a pointed head of hair pointing forward, followed by another, upright tuft of hair.

The caterpillars are greenish-white in color and speckled with reddish spots. The light topline is darkly lined with wedge-shaped, greenish and reddish shimmering oblique spots next to it. The stigmas are bordered in light brown and black. The head is whitish and spotted green. The doll is yellow.

Similar species

Distribution and occurrence

The species is widespread in Eastern Europe . Since the middle of the twentieth century the brownish-gray mugwort monk has been spreading in Germany from the north and east, as Cleve, Warnecke and Urbahn have shown. The species can also be found in Korea , Japan and in the far east of the People's Republic of China . The species prefers sandy areas, such as dry slopes and ridges as well as wastelands.

Way of life

The caterpillars feed on mugwort ( Artemisia vulgaris ) and live in August and September. They pupate in the fall. The pupa hibernates. The moths hatch in July and August, are nocturnal and also fly to artificial light sources .

Danger

The species does not occur in all federal states in Germany and is listed on the Red List of Endangered Species in Category V (on the warning list).

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Manfred Koch: We determine butterflies. Volume 3: Owls. 2nd, expanded edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1972, DNB 760072930 .
  2. ↑ 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. ↑ K.Cleve, Berlin: Remarkable observations of moths in Berlin , messages of the German Entomological Society, 1956, p 30
  4. ↑ G.Warnecke, Hamburg: The new spread of Cucullia fraudatrix Ev. in Central Europe , Journal of the Vienna Entomological Society, 43rd year 1958, pp. 22-25
  5. ↑ E. Urbahn, Zehdenick: Small addition to the spread of Cucullia fraudatrix Ev. in Central Europe. Journal of the Vienna Entomological Society, 43rd year 1958, pp. 89–90

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