Chersotis fimbriola
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Chersotis fimbriola is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found in number of isolated populations from Austria
to Spain
, Morocco
, Turkey
, Iraq
, Iran
and Turkmenistan
.
Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found in number of isolated populations from Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
to Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
.
Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants.
Subspecies
- Chersotis fimbriola fimbriola (Austria, Hungary)
- Chersotis fimbriola baloghi (northern Hungary, southern Slovakia)
- Chersotis fimbriola vallensis (Wallis (Piemont), Alpes-Maritimes)
- Chersotis fimbriola hackeri (south-eastern France)
- Chersotis fimbriola iberica (Spain)
- Chersotis fimbriola iminenia (the High Atlas in Morocco)
- Chersotis fimbriola rifensis (Middle Atlas and Rif in Morocco)
- Chersotis fimbriola maravignae (Sicily)
- Chersotis fimbriola forsteri (Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece)
- Chersotis fimbriola bohatschi (Turkey, Armenia)
- Chersotis fimbriola zernyi (southern Turkey, Israel, Iraq, south-eastern Iran)
- Chersotis fimbriola raddei (northern Iran, eastern Armenia, Turkmenistan)