Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths) ➔ Family Noctuidae (Owlet moths)
Cornutiplusia circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms and other combinations:
Phalaena circumflexa Linnaeus, 1767 [original combination] | Noctua lunata Fabricius, 1787 | Cornutiplusia flexuosa Donovan, 1807 | Plusia graphica Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] | Plusia patefacta Walker, [1858] | Plusia reticulata Moore, 1882 |
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2013-04-03 15:44:37
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2013-04-03 15:44:53
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2019-10-18 16:07:00
pupation cocoon
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2018-04-22 10:08:54
pupa
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2018-04-23 10:43:22
pupa
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2018-04-23 10:40:18
pupa
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2018-04-23 10:41:22
pupa
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2018-04-23 10:42:23
exuvia
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2018-05-02 14:11:10
exuvia
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2018-05-02 14:13:14
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2018-05-01 11:34:54
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2018-05-04 10:26:09
ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
2018-05-04 10:54:33
Classification:
Cornutiplusia circumflexa belongs to the subfamily Plusiinae, tribe Plusiini.Distribution:
South-eastern Europe, Canary Islands, Africa, Asia.Habitat:
Steppe and desert areas, gardens and cultural landscapes.Description:
Wingspan 34 – 50 mm.Biology:
The moths are diurnal and fly year round.The polyphagous larvae of Cornutiplusia circumflexa feed on various wild and cultivated plants.
Annotation:
The puparium shown here I found on Kerria japonica. A few days later a Cornutiplusia circumflexa hatched.References, further reading, links:
- Acontia sp.
- Agrotis boeticus
- Caradrina sp.
- Cornutiplusia circumflexa
- Cucullia calendulae
- Diachrysia chrysitis/stenochrysis
- Hoplodrina sp.
- Noctua janthe/janthina
- Oligia latruncula/versicolor
- Plusiinae sp.
- Alder Moth
- Angle Shades
- Antler Moth
- Beautiful Golden Y
- Beautiful Hook-tip
- Blossom Underwing
- Bordered Straw
- Brick
- Bright-line Brown-eye
- Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
- Brown-line Bright Eye
- Brown-spot Pinion
- Cabbage Moth
- Chestnut
- Clay
- Clouded Drab
- Common Quaker
- Copper Underwing
- Crescent Dart
- Dark Arches
- Dot Moth
- Dun-bar
- Flame Shoulder
- Four-spotted
- Green-brindled Crescent
- Heart and Dart
- Hebrew Character
- Knot Grass
- Large Yellow Underwing
- Lesser Yellow Underwing
- Marbled Minor
- Marbled White Spot
- Olive
- Orache Moth
- Pale Mottled Willow
- Pale Shoulder
- Pink-barred Sallow
- Poplar Grey
- Pretty Marbled
- Purple Clay
- Satellite
- Scarce Bordered Straw
- Setaceous Hebrew Character
- Silver Barred
- Silver Y
- Slender Brindle
- Slender Burnished Brass
- Small Angle Shades
- Small Quaker
- Small Yellow Underwing
- Smoky Wainscot
- Spotted Clover
- Spotted Sulphur
- Sprawler
- Square-spot Rustic
- Svensson's Copper Underwing
- Sycamore
- The Uncertain
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- Turnip Moth
- Twin-spotted Quaker
- Water Betony
- White-point
- Yellow-line Quaker