Eugraphe sigma

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Eugraphe sigma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Eugraphe
Species:
E. sigma
Binomial name
Eugraphe sigma
Synonyms
  • Noctua sigmaDenis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Agrotis signum
  • Noctua characterea[Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Phalaena (Noctua) charactereaEsper, [1803]
  • Phalaena (Noctua) ditrapeziumEsper, [1803]
  • Phalaena (Noctua) charactereaEsper, 1790
  • Phalaena (Noctua) nubilaEsper, 1789
  • Phalaena (Noctua) nubilaEsper, 1798
  • Phalaena (Noctua) ditrapeziumEsper, 1790
  • Noctua signumFabricius, 1787
  • Noctua umbraVieweg, 1789
  • Noctua signaHampson, 1903
  • Noctua terminalisStrand, 1915
  • Eugraphe sigma f. obscuraLempke, 1939
  • Eugraphe sigma f. rufaLempke, 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) [1] to the Ural, Siberia, Transcaucasia, Armenia and Korea. [2]

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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. [3]

Subspecies

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year. [4]

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

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References

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  2. Eugraphe at funet
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