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Species of moth

Eugraphe sigma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Eugraphe
Species: E. sigma
Binomial name
Eugraphe sigma
(Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua sigma Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Agrotis signum
  • Noctua characterea , 1775
  • Phalaena (Noctua) characterea Esper,
  • Phalaena (Noctua) ditrapezium Esper,
  • Phalaena (Noctua) characterea Esper, 1790
  • Phalaena (Noctua) nubila Esper, 1789
  • Phalaena (Noctua) nubila Esper, 1798
  • Phalaena (Noctua) ditrapezium Esper, 1790
  • Noctua signum Fabricius, 1787
  • Noctua umbra Vieweg, 1789
  • Noctua signa Hampson, 1903
  • Noctua terminalis Strand, 1915
  • Eugraphe sigma f. obscura Lempke, 1939
  • Eugraphe sigma f. rufa Lempke, 1939

Eugraphe sigma is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula and Greece) to the Ural, Siberia, Transcaucasia, Armenia and Korea.

Description

The length of the forewings is 17–20 mm.Warren states R. sigma Schiff. (= characterea Esp., ditrapezium Esp. nec Schiff., signum Fab., umbra View.) (10 a). Forewing black brown or deep brown, with a faint vinous tinge; costal area diffusely brownish-ochreous;the lines ochreous; cell dark brown; upper stigmata large, grey with black edges; claviform small, blackish;hind-wing dark fuscous. A central European species found in France, Switzerland, Germany and Austria;also in Armenia, Siberia and Amurland. Larva reddish yellow, with dorsal and lateral lines white; a dark oblique bar on each segment with a white dot above it; feeds on low plants. - The form nubila Esp. has the costal and apical areas of forewing dull woodcolour.

Subspecies

  • Eugraphe sigma sigma
  • Eugraphe sigma melancholina Bryk, 1949 (Korea)
  • Eugraphe sigma anthracina Boursin, 1954

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including Lamium album, Viburnum lantana, Laburnum anagyroides, Prunus spinosa, Lonicera and Ligustrum species.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Eugraphe at funet
  3. 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, 1914 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Vlindernet
Taxon identifiers
Eugraphe sigma


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