Biology:Eucarta amethystina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Eucarta |
| Species: | E. amethystina
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| Eucarta amethystina (Hübner, 1803)
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Eucarta amethystina is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803.[1] It is found in central Europe, east to Belarus , through the Ural to the Pacific Ocean.
The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The ground colour of the forewings varies from rosy grey to rosy brown, with an amethyst-coloured hue. The markings are dark brown with a whitish border. The hindwings are uniform light grey brown.
Technical description and variation
T. amethystina Hbn. (44 f). Forewing olive green suffused with rosy pink; the olive tints predominant in basal half of wing and along termen; basal and inner lines dark olive, edged with rosy pink, the former outwardly, the latter inwardly; outer line dark olive, dentate lunulate, almost lost in the rosy suffusion; stigmata rosy pink inlined with olive, the claviform and orbicular with white annuli, all 3 connected by a wedge-shaped pink mark below median, often suffused with olive; cell and space below it deep dark olive; submarginal line pinkish, indented on each fold; fringe olive and pink; hindwing pale grey, suffused with fuscous olive. ; — the East Asiatic form, — subsp. austera subsp. nov. (44 f), — differs from the European in being much more sombre, the olive shading being stronger and greyer, and the rosy tints duller. — Larva green; dorsal line yellowish edged with deep green; subdorsal lines white; spiracular line broad, yellowish, sometimes tinged with red; spiracles black; feeding on the lower leaves of wild carrot and parsley.[2]
Biology
Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on Apiaceae species, including Laser trilobum, Silaum silaus, Peucedanum officinale and Daucus carota. Full-grown larvae are green. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (September 9, 2019). "Eucarta amethystina (Hübner, [1803)"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/condicinae/eucarta/#amethystina.
- ↑ 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
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Further reading
- Günter Ebert (Hrsg.):Die Schmetterlinge Baden-Württembergs. Band 6. Nachtfalter IV. Noctuidae 2. Teil. 1. Auflage. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1997, ISBN:3-8001-3482-9.
- Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: Die Schmetterlinge Mitteleuropas – Bd. IV Eulen (Noctuidae). Franckh´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1971
- Michael Fibiger und Hermann Hacker: Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 9 Amphipyrinae, Condicinae, Eriopinae, Xyleninae (part)., Entomological Press, Sorø 2007 ISBN:87-89430-11-5
- Manfred Koch: Wir bestimmen. Schmetterlinge. Band 3. Eulen. Neumann Verlag, Radebeul 2. Auflage 1972
External links
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- Fauna Europaea
- Lepiforum e. V. (in German)
Wikidata ☰ Q13514570 entry
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