NOCTUOIDEA COLLECTED IN THE SOUTHERN URALS IN 2006 – 2009. 1 (NOCTUIDAE)

Authors

  • M. Ahola Ostrobothnia Leps Club
  • A. V. Lagunov Biological department of Ilmen State Reserve, Ilmen Reserve
  • K. Silvonen Aalto University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2012-4-3-258-272

Keywords:

Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidea, South Ural

Abstract

A list comprising 287 species in the family Noctuidae from the Southern Ural Mountains is presented. The material was collected during four expeditions in 2006–2009. Our Finnish-Russian expeditions were directed to the following regions: Chelyabinsk oblast, Bashkiria and Orenburg oblast. Larvae of Nola crambiformis (Rebel, 1902), Euclidia fortalitium (Tauscher, 1809), Cucullia pustulata Eversmann, 1842, Cucullia biornata Fischer von Waldheim, 1840, Cucullia virgaureae Boisduval, 1840, Oncocnemis campicola, Lederer, 1853, Oncocnemis nigricula (Eversmann, 1847), Oncocnemis senica (Eversmann, 1856), Fabula zollikoferi(Freyer, 1836), Resapamea vulpecula (Eversmann, 1852), Mythimna albiradiosa (Eversmann, 1852), Chersotis transiens (Staudinger, 1897), Dichagyris squalorum (Eversmann, 1856), Dichagyris truculenta (Lederer, 1853) and Euxoa ochrogaster (Guenée, 1852) are described for the first time, bas- ing on the material obtained during these trips.

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2012-09-28

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