Euxoa temera
Euxoa ( Euxoa ) Temera
Euxoa Temera is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of cutworms ( Noctuidae ).
- 4.1 Notes and references
- 4.2 Literature
Features
Butterfly
The wingspan of the butterfly is from 32 to 40 millimeters. The variability in the base color and the drawing is high. The color spectrum of the forewing ranges from ocher- brown to red-brown to purple brown. Ring and kidney blemish are light brown, sometimes clearly highlighted and outlined in black. Something indistinct appear Zapf blemish. The wavy line is brightened slightly and limited the usually darker Saumfeld. Particularly striking are the almost square, black box between the ring and kidney blemishes and very light front edge. However, there are forms in which the drawing elements turn out blurry. The hind wings are without markings whitish to gray- brown. Through a located on the bottom of the front wings behind the kidney blemish dark spot is Euxoa Temera be well distinguished from other species that show on the top of a similar appearance. The antennae of male moths are combed on both sides, those of the females thready.
Egg, caterpillar and chrysalis
The egg is colored smooth and yellowish. The caterpillars are without markings, glassy glossy and of an off-white color. The pupa is reddish brown with some lateral Chitinborsten and two distinct spines on the cremaster.
Geographical distribution and habitat
The species occurs in southern Europe, North Africa, parts of Ukraine and Russia, Armenia, the Caucasus and in Central Asia, Turkey, Iran and Iraq. In Germany the species is absent. Older reports from Baden- Württemberg are obviously based on misidentifications or may relate to individual immigrants. Euxoa Temera however, was detected in the German-speaking area in some places in eastern Austria and in the Swiss canton of Valais. It prefers hot and dry places with low vegetation.
Way of life
It makes one generation per year; Main flight time of nocturnal moths are the months of August to October. They come to artificial light sources and visit the bait. The food spectrum of the track is comprised of various grasses, especially the roots. In Hungary and Italy, they have occurred in the past sometimes harmful in cornfields.