Chersotis alpestris explained

Chersotis alpestris is a moth of the family Noctuidae.^[1]

Subspecies

• Chersotis alpestris alpestris (Alps, Apennines, Pyrenees)
• Chersotis alpestris ponticola (Draudt, 1936) (south-western Russia, southern Urals, Turkey, Caucasus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, north-western Iran)

Description

Chersotis alpestris has a wingspan of 28-. The hind wings are light brown in males, while in females they are medium or dark brown. The underside of the wings is usually yellowish brown, though the underside of the hind wings is often more whitish.^[2] Seitz states R. alpestris Bsd. (ocellina Hbn., nec. Schiff.) (Ilk). is hardly separable from the preceding [''[[Chersotis ocellina|R. ocellina]] Schiff], but the reniform stigma is less produced and does not touch the orbicular stigma. C. alpestris occurs in nearly the same localities as ocellina; both species are diurnal and are found at rest on flower heads.^[3]

Biology

Caterpillars are polyphagous on low plants.^[4]

Distribution

This species can be found in Europe (Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, East European Russia, France, Italy, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine) and eastward into Asia.^[5]

Bibliography

• Erstbeschreibung: BOISDUVAL (1834): Icones historique des lépidoptères d'Europe nouveaux ou peu connus 2: 1-192, pl. 47-84. Paris (Roret).
• COWAN, C. F. (1970): Boisduval's Icones Historiques des Lépidoptères d'Europe 1832-1841. — Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5 (4): 291-302
• Dufay (Claude), 1984.- Chersotis oreina n. sp., noctuelle méconnue des montagnes de l'Europe occidentale (Noctuidae, Noctuinae). Nota Lepidopterologica, 7 (1) : 8-20.

External links

• Papillons de Poitou.Charentes

Notes and References

1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id54446/ Biolib
2. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Chersotis_Alpestris Lepiforum
3. [William Warren (entomologist)|Warren, W.]
4. Paolo Mazzei, Daniel Morel, Raniero Panfili Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
5. http://www.fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d6893694-be9c-4260-8371-d3af7ba3aa08 Fauna europaea