Large rue gold owl

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Large rue gold owl
Great rue owl (Panchrysia aurea)

Great rue owl ( Panchrysia aurea )

Systematics
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Superfamily : Noctuoidea
Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae)
Subfamily : Plusiinae
Genre : Panchrysia
Type : Large rue gold owl
Scientific name
Panchrysia aurea
( Huebner , 1803)

The great meadow rue gold owl ( Panchrysia aurea , syn .: Panchrysia deaurata ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae).

description

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 40 to 44 millimeters. The upper side of the forewing has a golden yellow base color, which is sometimes slightly dusted pink in fresh specimens. The submarginal region is purple-brown to golden-brown and is delimited by the double outer transverse line that extends into the apex . The violet-brown to orange-brown basal region is bordered by the very pointed inner transverse line. Kidney and ring flaws are usually only indistinctly visible. The rust-brown veins, however, stand out clearly. The undersized upper side of the hind wing is colored light yellow-gray to gray-brown.

The butterflies are unmistakable due to the very distinctive drawing.

Caterpillar

Adult caterpillars are white in color. There are four narrow green vertical stripes on the first three segments. The segments behind it are provided with wide grass-green diagonal bands. The rearmost segment is almost pure white and slightly raised.

Doll

The pupa is colored whitish yellow, dark on the back and has an only slightly thickened trunk sheath.

distribution and habitat

The great meadow rue gold owl occurs locally in southern Europe as well as in western and central Asia and occurs in large numbers in certain areas. The distribution area extends from Portugal in an easterly direction to the Tian Shan , Altai and the northwest Himalayas . In Central Europe, it occurs regularly in some regions of the Southern Alps , Lower Austria and the Balkan Mountains . The main habitat of the species are warm, rocky slopes and steppe areas.

Way of life

The nocturnal moths form two generations per year, which can be found from May to June and from July to September. You are flying towards artificial light sources . The leaves of meadow rue species ( Thalictrum ) serve as food plants for the caterpillars . The caterpillars overwinter.

Danger

The great meadow rue gold owl is mentioned in Germany for Bavaria and is classified there as "critically endangered". On the Red List of Threatened Species , the species is considered "lost".

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Barry Goater, László Ronkay and Michael Fibiger: Catocalinae & Plusiinae Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 10. , Sorø 2003 ISBN 87-89430-08-5
  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. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany. Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9 .

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