Chersotis andereggii

Chersotis andereggii
Chersotis andereggii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Chersotis
Species: C. andereggii
Binomial name
Chersotis andereggii
(Boisduval, [1837])
Synonyms
  • Agrotis andereggii Boisduval, [1837]
  • Euxoa andereggii (Boisduval, [1837])
  • Agrotis exclamans Eversmann, 1841

Chersotis andereggii is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the southern Urals, Turkey, north-western Iran, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kirghizia, the Altai mountains, the Sayan Mountains, Baikal, Kamchatka, Mongolia, the Himalaya, the Alps, southern Finland and northern Estonia.

The wingspan is 29-32 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of July to the first half of August.

The larvae feed on Lychnis, Melilotus and Trifolium species.

Subspecies

  • Chersotis andereggii andereggi (Alps)
  • Chersotis andereggii arcana (southern Finland, northern Estonia)
  • Chersotis andereggii subtilis (Himalayas (Ladakh))

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