Brick-red tussock owl

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Brick-red tussock owl
Reddish color variant of the brick-red tufted owl (Apamea latericia)

Reddish color variant of the brick-red tufted owl ( Apamea latericia )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae)
Subfamily : Xyleninae
Genre : Apamea
Type : Brick-red tussock owl
Scientific name
Apamea lateritia
( Hufnagel , 1766)
Dark brown color variant

The brick-red grass- tufted owl ( Apamea lateritia ), sometimes also called the brick-brown heather grass owl , is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae). The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word later meaning "brick" and refers to the color of the upper side of the forewing of the butterfly.

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 37 to 53 millimeters. The basic color of the upper side of the forewing varies from light reddish brown to dark brown. The relatively large kidney defect is laid out whitish on the outside. The ring flaw stands out only faintly from the generally poorly drawn and almost monochrome background. The apex area is slightly brightened and sometimes has a whitish scales. The upper side of the hind wing is unmarked gray-brown.

Caterpillar

The caterpillars are colored glassy yellow-gray. They have black point warts and stigmas . The head and neck shield are shiny red-brown in color.

Doll

The red-brown doll has an elongated shape. The cremaster is flat, wedge-shaped and has four short thorns.

distribution and habitat

The brick-red tufted owl is widespread in Europe and temperate Asia as far as Japan . However, it occurs only locally in southern Europe. The main habitat is grass corridors, as well as heaths, embankments, stone corridors and forest edges. The moths have even been found in the city center of large cities. In the Alps they rise to around 2500 meters. There are currently four subspecies .

Way of life

The moths are nocturnal and fly in one generation between June and August. They appear at night on artificial light sources and baits . During the day they like to hide in buildings or under boards and large stones. The caterpillars live individually mainly from August, overwinter and pupate in May of the following year. They prefer to stay in a cave in the ground in the root neck area of clumps and feed on the roots and stalks of various sweet grasses (Poaceae), for example wire-smoked ( Deschampsia flexuosa ), grass-smoked ( Deschampsia cespitosa ), sheep-fescue ( Festuca ovina agg.) Or bristle grass ( Nardus stricta ).

Danger

The brick-red grass-tufted owl is widespread in Germany, occurs in large numbers in certain areas and is classified as “not endangered”.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Arno Bergmann: The large butterflies of Central Germany. Volume 4/2: Owls. Distribution, forms and communities. Urania-Verlag, Jena 1954, pp. 608-610
  2. ^ Arnold Spuler: The butterflies of Europe . tape 1 . E. Schweitzerbartsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1908, p. 193 .
  3. ^ 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. 146/147
  4. ^ Karl Cleve: The butterflies of West Berlin , Berliner Naturschutzblätter, Volksbund Naturschutz e. V., Volume 20, No. 57, 1976, p. 181
  5. ↑ Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 4: Owls. (Noctuidae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03752-5 , S 126/127
  6. ↑ a b Markku Savela: Distribution. In: Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
  7. ^ 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. 580-582

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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