Chersotis andereggii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Chersotis |
Species: | C. andereggii |
Binomial name | |
Chersotis andereggii (Boisduval, [1837]) |
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Chersotis andereggii is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the southern Urals, Turkey, north-western Iran, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kirghizia, the Altai mountains, the Sayan Mountains, Baikal, Kamchatka, Mongolia, the Himalaya, the Alps, southern Finland and northern Estonia.
The wingspan is 29-32 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of July to the first half of August.
The larvae feed on Lychnis, Melilotus and Trifolium species.