Marbled Carnation Owl

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Marbled Carnation Owl
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Marbled Carnation Owl ( Hadena confusa )

Systematics
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Superfamily : Noctuoidea
Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae)
Subfamily : Hadeninae
Genre : Hadena
Type : Marbled Carnation Owl
Scientific name
Hadena confusa
( Hufnagel , 1766)

The marbled carnation owl ( Hadena confusa ), also known as the little carnation owl , is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae).

features

The wingspan of the moth is 27 to 35 millimeters. The color of the forewings varies from dark gray to black gray. There is a whitish, toothed stain under the white blemish. These drawings merge in the form of a band, which is usually interrupted over the inner edge. In the f.fasciata Tutt , however, the white drawing elements are interconnected. The root field shows a more or less pronounced brightening. The whitish wavy line ends in a large bright spot in the apex . The hind wings are a single color gray-brown, slightly darker on the outside. In very humid areas, melanistic individuals of the marbled carnation owl can also occur regionally , primarily on the Shetland and Orkney Islands , parts of the Hebrides as well as in Wales and Scotland. These are heavily darkened, so that the bright drawing elements are largely covered with black dust.

The caterpillars have a yellowish gray, brownish or ocher yellow color. They have a fine, dark back line with dark slashes on both sides as well as two equally colored, narrow vertical stripes. The doll is red-brown with two diverging tips on the cremaster .

Similar species

There is a similarity to the white banded carnation owl ( Hadena compta ), which is however smaller (wingspan 21 to 29 millimeters), has no clear white spot on the apex of the forewings and whose white band is stronger and more coherent.

Geographical distribution and habitat

The species is widespread in Europe. In the Alps it rises to over 2000 meters. The further overall distribution includes North Africa as well as the Middle East and Central Asia. The marbled carnation owl occurs in dry areas, but also in moist biotopes. It prefers open terrain and can be found on sunny slopes, bushy forest edges, stony wasteland as well as gardens and parklands.

Way of life

The moths are predominantly crepuscular and nocturnal, visit artificial light sources and fly in one generation from May to July. Occasionally an incomplete second generation was observed in August and September. The caterpillars live from July to August. They feed at the juvenile stage of the seed capsules of various pinks and campion species, for example, by nodding campion ( Silene nutans ) or pigeons goiter ( Silene vulgaris ), later by their leaves. The species hibernates as a pupa, occasionally twice.

Systematics

Hadena confusa was first scientifically described in 1766 by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel under the name Phalaena confusa . It was often referred to in earlier literature as Dianthoecia nana (Rottemburg, 1776) and Harmodia nana (Rottemburg, 1776).

Danger

The marbled carnation owl is widespread in Germany, but not common anywhere. On the Red List of Threatened Species it is classified as not endangered.

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literature

  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . Volume 7, Nachtfalter V. Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-8001-3500-0
  • Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 4: Owls. (Noctuidae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03752-5 .
  • Hermann Hacker, László Ronkay & Márton Hreblay: Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 4, Hadeninae I, Entomological Press, Søro 2002, ISBN 87-89430-07-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Hermann Hacker, László Ronkay & Márton Hreblay: Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 4, Hadeninae I, Entomological Press, Søro 2002, ISBN 87-89430-07-7
  2. ^ 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 .
  3. ^ Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . Volume 7, Nachtfalter V. Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-8001-3500-0
  4. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany. Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9

Web links

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