Chersotis andereggii

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Chersotis andereggii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Chersotis
Species: C. andereggii
Binomial name
Chersotis andereggii
(Boisduval, [1837])
Synonyms
  • Agrotis andereggii Boisduval, [1837]
  • Euxoa andereggii (Boisduval, [1837])
  • Agrotis exclamans Eversmann, 1841

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.

Subspecies

  • Chersotis andereggii andereggi (Alps)
  • Chersotis andereggii arcana (southern Finland, northern Estonia)
  • Chersotis andereggii subtilis (Himalayas (Ladakh))

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