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Euchalcia bellieri

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Euchalcia bellieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Euchalcia
Species:
E. bellieri
Binomial name
Euchalcia bellieri
(Kirby, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Euchalcia galloi Berio, 1989[1]
  • Plusia bellieri Kirby, 1900[2]

Euchalcia bellieri is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

Etymology

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Latin species name bellieri honors the French entomologist Jean-Baptiste Eugène Bellier de la Chavignerie (1819-1888).[3]

Description

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Euchalcia bellieri has a wingspan of about 33–34 millimetres (1.3–1.3 in).[3][4] This rare species closely resemble Euchalcia variabilis, but it is quite smaller. The upperside of the forewings shows a well marked oblique inner line with a slight rosy border. The central area is dark brown, while the hind margin is rosy. The basal dark line is angulated. The orbicular stigma is double, with a yellow ring. Larvae are green with a white lateral line.[5]

Caterpillars feed on Delphinium dubium, maybe also on Aconitum species.[6] They are fully grown at the end of June, while adults fly in July.[5]

Distribution

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This species is endemic to France (Hautes-Alpes, Basses-Alpes, Alpes Maritimes) and to a northern Italian Region (Piedmont).[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ GBIF
  3. ^ a b Lepiforum.de
  4. ^ Noctuidae.de
  5. ^ a b W. F. Kirby The butterflies and moths of Europe I-LXXII, 1-432. London (Cassell and Company)
  6. ^ Paolo Mazzei, Daniel Morel, Raniero Panfili Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
  7. ^ Funet
  8. ^ Fauna Europaea