Conisania leineri

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Conisania leineri
Conisania leineri

Conisania leineri

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae)
Subfamily : Hadeninae
Genre : Conisania
Type : Conisania leineri
Scientific name
Conisania leineri
( Freyer , 1836)

Conisania leineri , sometimes also called Leiner's mugwort , is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae).

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 29 to 36 millimeters. The color of the upper side of the forewing varies from gray-brown to reddish brown. Both the inner and the outer transverse line are made up of white dots, the wavy line is yellowish white. The lower area of ​​the kidney blemishes is filled in white. Ring and tenon flaws are small, indistinct and blurred. In specimens of the subspecies Conisania leineri pomerana , the veins are whitishly pollinated. The upper side of the hind wing is unmarked and colored light gray-brown.

egg

The spherical egg has a strongly flattened base, is strongly ribbed and is white in color. It shows a crimson band and a center spot of the same color.

Caterpillar

The adult caterpillars have different colors. So they can be brownish in color and show narrow, light back and side back lines or they have a greenish color and wide, whitish side back lines and side stripes. The spiracles are black.

Doll

The light brown doll has a squat shape. There are two long points on the short, conical cremaster .

Similar species

Due to the great similarity in the external appearance of the following species , a genital examination is advisable for a reliable determination .

distribution and habitat

The distribution area is patchy in Central Europe . It stretches along the Baltic Sea coast and eastwards to the southern Urals . Preferred habitats are open, sandy grasslands and steppe areas.

Way of life

The moths fly in one generation per year. The main flight time is from May to July. They are mostly nocturnal and visit artificial light sources as well as bait and have sometimes been observed in the evening while sucking on the flowers of lilacs ( Syringa ). Mugwort species ( Artemisia ) are given as food plants for caterpillars living in July and August . On the Baltic coast , mugwort ( Artemisia campestris ) ssp. sericea preferred. Older caterpillars like to hide in the sand during the day. The species overwinters as a pupa.

Danger

In Germany, Conisania leineri occurs only in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , especially in the rear dune area on the island of Usedom , and was found there in large numbers over the years.

Subspecies

In addition to the nominate form Conisania leineri leineri , the following subspecies are distinguished:

  • Conisania leineri bovina ( Staudinger , 1888)
  • Conisania leineri furcata ( Eversmann , 1837)
  • Conisania leineri pomerana ( Schulz , 1869)

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Hacker, László Ronkay, Márton Hreblay: Hadeninae I . In: Michael Fibiger, David Agassiz, Martin Honey (Eds.): Noctuidae Europaeae . tape 4 . Entomological Press, Sorø 2002, ISBN 87-89430-07-7 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Ernst and Herta Urbahn: The butterflies of Pomerania with a comparative overview of the Baltic Sea region , Entomological Association of Stettin, Stettin 1939
  3. ↑ Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 4: Owls. (Noctuidae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03752-5 .
  4. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany . Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9 .
  5. ↑ Distribution and subspecies http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/hadeninae/conisania/index.html

literature

  • Hermann Hacker, László Ronkay, Márton Hreblay: Hadeninae I . In: Michael Fibiger, David Agassiz, Martin Honey (Eds.): Noctuidae Europaeae . tape 4 . Entomological Press, Sorø 2002, ISBN 87-89430-07-7 (English).
  • Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke: We identify butterflies. 3. Edition. Neumann, Radebeul 1991, ISBN 3-7402-0092-8 .

Web links

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