Eucarta virgo
Eucarta virgo
Eucarta virgo is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of cutworms ( Noctuidae ).
Features
The wingspan of the moth is about 25 to 34 mm. The base color is a lighter brown. Near the wing root is a white line from the front obliquely outward behind. In the outer quarter, there is a slightly curved white line that runs from the front to the rear inside and outside so with the front white line ( and closed wings ) and the front end of the front wing forms approximately a triangle. In this triangle there are four broad, alternating brown and white zones ranging from the leading edge to about the middle of the wing. The distal white zone runs parallel to the outer white line, the following brown zone is triangular, and the approach to the wing following two zones running parallel to the front white line. On the wing tips a short arrow bar is available. The terms are whitish followed by reddish brown stripes. The bright yellow egg has a dark base with the Mikropylzone. The caterpillars are yellow with yellow green back - and side- back lines. On each segment there are six yellow dots. The side lines are white and accompanied above by a red line. The dark brown doll is relatively short; the elytra greenish shimmer.
Geographical distribution and habitat
The main range of the species is South and South East Europe. Since the 1990s, the kind extended their range further and further still central and northern Europe. 1998 copies were first found in Saxony, in 2001 for the first time in Brandenburg. Also in Bavaria and Saxony -Anhalt, the species is now down to earth. Single copies have also been detected in Denmark, southern Sweden and Finland. The distribution area extends further from Southern Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, and in the Russian Far East, Korean Peninsula, North China and Japan.
The species is originally present in the warm steppe, open grass and shrub countries. In Central and Southern Europe, it also comes in humid and cooler parts, such as River valleys, river banks and lake shores before.
Way of life
The type flies in two generations from May to July and August to September. In particularly favorable regions, a third generation is formed yet. The moths are nocturnal. They fly to the artificial light sources and come to the bait. The caterpillars are found mainly in July and August. They live mainly on mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), field wormwood (Artemisia campestris ) and tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare). Fibiger also give " other herbaceous plants such as Taraxacum and Mentha " as a caterpillar food plants. Likewise, the authors Deschka and Wimmer; the species is found almost exclusively in wetlands.