Ocher-colored Quender Owl

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Ocher-colored Quender Owl
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Ocher-colored Quendeleule ( Eremobia ochroleuca )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae)
Subfamily : Xyleninae
Genre : Eremobia
Type : Ocher-colored Quender Owl
Scientific name
Eremobia ochroleuca
( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775)

The ocher-colored Quendeleule ( Eremobia ochroleuca ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae).

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 30 to 38 millimeters. The basic color of the forewings varies from white-yellow to ocher-yellow. In the root, hem and middle field, some red-brown drawing elements stand out, which include the kidney flaws and reach both the inner and outer edge. Cross and wavy lines usually appear indistinct. The hind wings are ocher colored and darkened brownish in the fringing area.

Caterpillar

Adult caterpillars are pale green in color, have a light topline, dark gray secondary ridges, whitish side stripes that are bordered blackish downwards and yellow segment boundaries. They also have small, black, bristle point warts and black stigmas .

distribution and habitat

The ocher-colored Quendeleule is common in Central and Southern Europe. In the north, the occurrence extends to the Central England , the southern part of Fenno Scandinavia and Karelia . The southern extension extends to the Mediterranean , although the species is absent on Corsica , Sardinia and the Balearic Islands . It also occurs from Turkey to Armenia and Iran . In the Alps it rises to an altitude of 1200 meters. The animals are mainly found on warm slopes, heathland areas and wasteland.

Way of life

The univoltine moths are diurnal and nocturnal and like to suckle on the flowers of scabiosis knapweed ( Centaurea scabiosa ), meadow knapweed ( Centaurea jacea ), common adder's head ( Echium vulgare ) or field widow flowers ( Knautia arvensis ). They like to appear in artificial light sources at night , and more rarely on bait . The main flight time is from June to September. The caterpillars feed on various grasses, such as mercury species ( Elymus ) or meadow foxtail ( Alopecurus pratensis ). In early summer they pupate in a cave in the ground.
The species overwinters as an egg.

Danger

The ocher-colored Quendeleule is widespread in Germany, but mostly rarely found and is classified in category 3 (endangered) on the Red List of Endangered Species .

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Alberto Zilli, László Ronkay, Michael Fibiger: Apameini . In: WG Tremewan (Ed.): Noctuidae Europaeae . 1st edition. tape 8 . Entomological Press, Sorø 2005, ISBN 87-89430-09-3 (English).
  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. ↑ a b Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 7 . Moth V Noctuidae 3rd part. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 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 .

literature

  • Alberto Zilli, László Ronkay, Michael Fibiger: Apameini . In: WG Tremewan (Ed.): Noctuidae Europaeae . 1st edition. tape 8 . Entomological Press, Sorø 2005, ISBN 87-89430-09-3 (English).
  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 7 . Moth V Noctuidae 3rd part. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1998, ISBN 3-8001-3500-0 .

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