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.
Subspecies
- Chersotis andereggii andereggi (Alps)
- Chersotis andereggii arcana (southern Finland, northern Estonia)
- Chersotis andereggii subtilis (Himalayas (Ladakh))