Deltote deceptoria
Busch Lawn Grasmotteneulchen ( Deltote deceptoria )
The Busch Lawn Grasmotteneulchen ( Deltote deceptoria ) is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of cutworms ( Noctuidae ).
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 23-25 millimeters. Head, prothorax and mesothorax and the midfield and the Saumfeld the front wings are dark brown to black-brown with scattered black and white scales. The metathorax, the Basalfeld with the exception of Costalrandes that wide into Saumfeld radiating outer transverse line and the wavy line and the borders of the ring and kidney blemish and punctate Zapf stigma are white. The fringes are checkered black and white. Outer and inner transverse line are created mostly black back to midfield. The hind wings are brownish gray, usually through some darkened with a dark center spot and a bright cross- line to hem. The fringes are checkered white and gray. The abdomen is gray with whitish rings
The caterpillars are green, the back is a little brighter. The back line is gray, the back side lines whitish, as are the side strips. The doll is yellow-brown and squat.
Geographical distribution and habitat
The distribution area extends across central and southern Europe until well into European Russia. In the north, the type is missing in the British Isles ( in summer up to immigrants) and apart from the South, in large parts of Scandinavia, and throughout northern Russia.
The species is a typical inhabitant of open, warm grasslands between bushes and groves. It comes from the plains to the hills in front of junior middle mountains and lacking in the higher altitudes of the mountains and the Alps.
Way of life
It makes one or two generations per year, with a second generation appears only in climatically favorable regions. The moths appear from late April to mid-July and, if a second generation is formed from July to late August. The moths rest during the day usually, but are easy to flush out. They occasionally fly during the day, mostly at night and sometimes even come to light. The rest position is remarkable, because it is more reminiscent of certain wrapper types as to cutworms.
The caterpillars are from August to October ( first generation) and June-August (second generation) to be found. The caterpillars feed mainly on timothy grass ( Phleum ), such as Timothy- grass ( Phleum pratense) and other meadow grasses and occasionally also on herbaceous plants. Pupation occurs in a cocoon on the ground, the doll wintered.