Diarsia guadarramensis

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Diarsia guadarramensis
Diarsia guadarramensis

Diarsia guadarramensis

Systematics
Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae)
Subfamily : Noctuinae
Tribe : Noctuini
Sub tribus : Noctuina
Genre : Diarsia
Type : Diarsia guadarramensis
Scientific name
Diarsia guadarramensis
( Boursin , 1928)

Diarsia guadarramensis is a butterfly ( moth ) fromthe owl butterfly family (Noctuidae).

features

butterfly

The moths reach a wingspan of 35 to 36 millimeters. They have an ocher-brown to reddish-brown basic color on the upper side of the forewing, which is darkened slightly purple-brown near the apex . The transverse lines are indistinct. Ring and kidney defects are cream-colored with a thin brown border. A dark brown shadow stands out between the ring and kidney flaws. The cone flaws appear only as a small black point . The fringes are reddish brown. The hind wings are brownish without drawing.

Caterpillar

Adult caterpillars reach a length of 36 millimeters. They have a clumsy shape, a glassy violet-brown color, some lateral lightening, a very fine, interrupted, pale topline and are provided with blackish, wedge-shaped spots on all segments.

distribution and habitat

Diarsia guadarramensis occurs in the Pyrenees , the Sierra Nevada and some other mountainous areas on the Iberian Peninsula and in southwest France . The main habitat are warm, open, mountainous landscapes at altitudes between 1200 and 2300 meters.

Way of life

The nocturnal moths fly in one generation per year from June to August. They like to visit artificial light sources, as well as bait . Under breeding conditions, the caterpillars adopted ribwort ( Plantago lanceolata ) and dandelion ( Taraxacum ) as food plants, the leaves of which they only eat at night.

swell

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Michael Fibiger: Noctuinae II. - Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 2. Entomological Press, Sorø 1993, ISBN 87-89430-02-6 , p. 127/128

literature

  • Michael Fibiger: Noctuinae II. - Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 2. Entomological Press, Sorø 1993, ISBN 87-89430-02-6 , p. 127/128

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