Chersotis fimbriola explained

Chersotis fimbriola is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in number of isolated populations from Austria to Spain, Morocco, Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Turkmenistan.

Description

Warren (1914) states R. fimbriola Esp. (= maravigna Dup.) Forewing dark greyish ochreous, often much suffused with fuscous; stigmata of the ground colour, often indistinct, the upper two always separated by a fuscous black blotch forming part of a thick median shade; submarginal line preceded by a blackish shade; the raddei. marginal area fuscous; hindwing fuscous brown. — The ground colour of ab. raddei Chr. (13 f) is paler and brighter, the dark suffusion less, and the markings clearer; the underside likewise much paler. — A south European species, found in France, Spain, N. Italy, Switzerland, and Hungary; occurring also in WesternAsia, in Armenia, Asia Minor, Syria, Persia and W. Turkestan, these Asiatic examples being usually the form raddei. Larva dark brownish grey; dorsal and subdorsal lines paler: between them on each segment two oblique black streaks; similar streaks also between the subdorsal and the conspicuous dark lateral lines; thoracic plate brown with 3 white streaks; head shining brown; on a variety of low-growing plants.

Subspecies

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Habel . Jan Christian . Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology . Assmann . Thorsten . 2009-12-03 . Springer Science & Business Media . 978-3-540-92160-8 . 74 . en.