Southern Carnation Owl

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Southern Carnation Owl
Hadena magnolii.jpg

Southern Carnation Owl ( Hadena magnolii )

Systematics
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Superfamily : Noctuoidea
Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae)
Subfamily : Hadeninae
Genre : Hadena
Type : Southern Carnation Owl
Scientific name
Hadena magnolii
( Boisduval , 1829)

The southern carnation owl ( Hadena magnolii ), also known as the carnation capsule owl, is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae).

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 26 to 35 millimeters. The basic color of the upper side of the forewings varies from olive gray to reddish brown. Inner and outer transverse lines are whitish and strongly jagged. The circular, dark ring flaw that is bordered in white is very noticeable. The slightly less pronounced kidney defect is also outlined in white. The middle field is sometimes darkened, the white wavy line strongly jagged and delimited inwards with a few black arrow spots. The outer edge is alternately brown and white piebald. The upper side of the hind wing is a single color, light gray-brown, slightly darker towards the outside and shows an indistinct central spot. The females are equipped with a short, pointed ovipositor .

Caterpillar

Adult caterpillars are white-gray, yellow-gray or pale light brown in color. They have dark back and side back lines dissolved into large spots as well as other small, black, point-like spots.

Doll

The red-brown doll has two very short curved tips on the cremaster .

distribution and habitat

The species is distributed from North Africa across the Iberian Peninsula through southern Europe to the Middle East and Central Asia. The northern border of this area runs through southern France , Switzerland over the southwest of Baden-Württemberg , through Austria and the Carpathian countries to the Ukraine and neighboring southern Russia . In the Alps it occurs up to an altitude of about 1500 meters. The southern carnation owl is found predominantly on limestone soils and prefers sunny, warm slopes, stony wasteland and rocky valleys.

Way of life

The moths are mostly nocturnal and fly in one generation per year from May to June. They sometimes suckle the flowers of ciliate herbs ( Silene ) during the day and visit artificial light sources at night . The caterpillars live from July to August. They feed on the seed pods, flowers and leaves of nodding catchfly ( Silene nutans ) or white carnation ( Silene latifolia ). The species overwinters as a pupa.

Danger

In Germany, the southern carnation owl has been found very sporadically in Baden-Württemberg, where it is classified in Category 2 (“critically endangered”) on the Red List of Endangered Species .

Systematics and taxonomy

The genus Hadena is divided into several sub-genera by Hacker (1992; 1996). Hadena magnolii belongs to the subgenus Hadena .

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literature

  • Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 4: Owls. (Noctuidae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03752-5 .
  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . Volume 7, Nachtfalter V. Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-8001-3500-0
  • Hermann Hacker, László Ronkay & Márton Hreblay: Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 4, Hadeninae I, Entomological Press, Søro 2002, ISBN 87-89430-07-7
  • Manfred Koch : We determine butterflies. Volume 3: Owls. 2nd, expanded edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1972, DNB 760072930 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b 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 .

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