Field tufted owl

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Field tufted owl
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Field tufted owl ( Apamea anceps )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae)
Subfamily : Xyleninae
Genre : Apamea
Type : Field tufted owl
Scientific name
Apamea anceps
( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775)
Common ball-grass,
the main caterpillar food plant of the caterpillar

The field meadow grass-tufted owl ( Apamea anceps , synonym : Hadena sordida ), sometimes also referred to as the forest grass-owl , is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae).

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 33 to 46 millimeters. The basic color of the upper forewing varies from light beige-gray to dark brown-gray. A black root welt is missing. Kidney and ring flaws stand out slightly bright, transverse lines are single or double and strongly jagged. The area between the hem and the wavy line is slightly darkened. The entire drawing is mostly indistinct and washed out. In coastal areas, a grayish white appears as f. engelharti designated color variant. The upper side of the hind wing is monochrome light gray-brown, slightly darker towards the edge.

Caterpillar

Adult caterpillars are light brown in color. They show dark, indistinct back and side back lines. On each body segment there is a black slash and also black point warts. The head capsule, pronotum and anus are black-brown.

Similar species

The moths of the field - edged grass- tufted owl ( Apamea sordens ) are more expressively drawn and show a black root welt on the upper side of the forewing . The gloss-grass tufted owl ( Apamea unanimis ) is usually smaller and darker than the field-grass tufted owl.

distribution and habitat

The distribution of the species extends through Europe and north Asia to central China ( Shaanxi ). It is also found in northwestern Africa. In the Alps it rises to around 1,600 meters, in Turkey up to 2,800 meters. The field meadow tufted owl prefers to colonize semi-dry lawns, ruderal meadows, abandoned vineyards, orchards, roadsides and roadsides, stone quarries, embankments, fen areas, gardens, grain fields and pastures.

Way of life

The moths are crepuscular and nocturnal. They fly in one generation from May to July. If individual specimens still appear in September in climatically favorable areas, they are likely to belong to an incomplete second generation. The moths visit artificial light sources and bait . They have also been observed sucking on pigeon goiter ( Silene baccifera ) or flowering grasses. The caterpillars live mainly from August, overwinter and pupate in April of the following year. They feed on the seeds or stalks of various grasses , primarily ball grass ( Dactylis glomerata ). Occasionally the caterpillars were also found on annual bluegrass ( Poa annua ) and on cereal species.

Danger

The Feldflur-Grasbüscheleule occurs widely in Germany and is listed on the Red List of Endangered Species as "not endangered".

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Arno Bergmann: The large butterflies of Central Germany. Volume 4/2: Owls. Distribution, forms and communities. Urania-Verlag, Jena 1954, pp. 610-612
  2. ↑ a b c d Alberto Zilli, László Ronkay, Michael Fibiger: Apameini. In: WG Tremewan (Ed.): Noctuidae Europaeae. 1st edition. Volume 8. Entomological Press, Sorø 2005, ISBN 87-89430-09-3 , pp. 122/123
  3. ^ 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 , p. 130
  4. ↑ Markku Savela: distribution. In: Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg. 1st edition. Volume 6. Moths IV. Noctuidae 2nd part. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1997, ISBN 3-8001-3482-9 , pp. 603/604
  6. ↑ Rudolf Boldt: Something about German Hadenen and their caterpillar life. , Entomologische Zeitschrift Frankfurt, 93, 1925, pp. 93-100
  7. ↑ www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de, Occurrence and endangerment in Germany

literature

  • Alberto Zilli, László Ronkay, Michael Fibiger: Apameini. In: WG Tremewan (Ed.): Noctuidae Europaeae. 1st edition. Volume 8. Entomological Press, Sorø 2005, ISBN 87-89430-09-3
  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg. 1st edition. Volume 6. Moths IV. Noctuidae 2nd part. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1997, ISBN 3-8001-3482-9
  • Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 4: Owls. (Noctuidae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03752-5
  • Manfred Koch: We determine butterflies. Volume 3: Owls. 2nd, expanded edition. , Neumann Verlag, Leipzig / Radebeul, 1972

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