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Mesogona acetosellae

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Mesogona acetosellae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mesogona
Species:
M. acetosellae
Binomial name
Mesogona acetosellae
Synonyms
  • Noctua acetosellae Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Mesogona eremicola Staudinger, 1871
  • Mesogona segoviensis Calle, 1982
  • Mesogona rufescens Schuring, 1918
  • Mesogona acetosellae f. vorbrodti Wehrli, 1917
  • Mamestra acetosellae f. conspersa Dannehl, 1926
  • Mesogona acetosellae var. grisea Dannehl, 1929

The pale stigma (Mesogona acetosellae) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in central and southern Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and from western Siberia to the Altai.

Description

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The wingspan is 40–44 mm. Forewing greyish ochreous, flushed with brownish or rufous, and with dark irroration; lines pale with dark edging, approximating on inner margin; upper stigmata large with pale outlines: a submarginal row of dark spots between the veins; hindwing greyish ochreous, paler towards base: palpi pink, abdomen ochraceous. The form found in Siberia, eremicola Stgr, is paler, but covered with black striations. Larva dull flesh colour, dusted with black: dorsal line dull ochreous; head and thoracic plate brown.[1]

Biology

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Adults are on wing from August to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa, Quercus, Crataegus and Populus species.

Subspecies

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  • Mesogona acetosellae acetosellae
  • Mesogona acetosellae anatolica (Turkey)

References

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  1. ^ Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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