Chloantha hyperici
Ruderalflur - Johanniskrauteule ( Chloantha hyperici )
The Ruderalflur - Johanniskrauteule ( Chloantha hyperici ), also known as White Grey Johanniskrauteule or Johanniskrauteule, is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of cutworms ( Noctuidae ).
- 6.1 Notes and references
- 6.2 Literature
Features
Butterfly
The moths reach a wingspan of 30-34 millimeters. On the fore wings dark gray, brown gray or white-gray tones are predominant. Kidney and ring blemish stand out light gray and brownish are usually filled. The wavy line is heavily serrated. It is characterized by a whitish area above the long black root beam. In Saumfeld are black vertical lines. On the hind wings whitish-gray, the dark veins stand out clearly.
Egg, caterpillar doll
The egg has a hemispherical form and a pearly white color. It is provided with broad, irregular longitudinal ribs, of which only about a third of reach but the Mikropylzone. Adults caterpillars are of maroon color and show oval, dark spots back. The wide side stripe is whitish in color and black limited upward. The red-brown doll has two spines and several short bristles on the cremaster.
Similar Species
Due to the very distinctive drawing confusion with European species are virtually eliminated, but occurring in the Alborz Mountains Chloantha elbursia has to hyperici a great similarity.
Synonyms
- Actinotia hyperici
Geographical distribution and habitat
The distribution of the nominate ssp. hyperici extends through the southern part of Central Europe, almost all of Southern Europe and on to the front and Asia Minor, Israel, Iraq, the Persian Gulf and the Caucasus. In a geographically isolated area north of Denmark, southern Sweden, southern Norway and southwest Finland, the ssp comes. svendseni ago. In the Southern Alps the nominate form is still to be found up to about 1700 meters altitude. The animals are to be found mainly on warm slopes and on rocky Ödländereien and ruderal areas.
Way of life
The moths fly in the north in two generations in June and August, and in the south in three generations, in April / May, July / August and September / October. Visit occasionally artificial light sources, but frequently applied bait. They were also observed when sucking on the flowers of the Canadian goldenrod (Solidago canadensis). As a food plant of the caterpillar is primarily the Real St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum ). The species overwinters as a pupa.
Endangering
In Germany the Ruderalflur - Johanniskrauteule occurs in very different numbers, but out on the red list of threatened species as not at risk. According to Ebert, the nature is currently in an expansion phase.