Biology:Aegle koekeritziana

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Short description: Species of moth

Aegle koekeritziana
Aegle koekeritziana.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Aegle
Species:
A. koekeritziana
Binomial name
Aegle koekeritziana
(Hübner, 1799)[1]
Synonyms
  • (Ochsenheimer, 1816) Hübner, 1799
  • Anthophila flavida Tortrix koekeritziana
  • Ochsenheimer, 1816 Aegle flavida

Aegle koekeritziana is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on the Russia and in Hungary and Moldova. It is also present in Turkey, the Caucasus and Transcaucasia.

The wingspan is 20–26 mm. Adults are on wing from May to the end of August.

The larvae feed on Delphinium species. Pupation takes place in a spinning.

References

Literature

  • Walter Forster & Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: Die Schmetterlinge Mitteleuropas - Bd.IV Eulen (Noctuidae), Franckh´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1971

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15657309 entry