Aegle koekeritziana

Aegle koekeritziana is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on the Russian plain and in Hungary and Moldova. It is also present in Turkey, the Caucasus and Transcaucasia.

Aegle koekeritziana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Aegle
Species:
A. koekeritziana
Binomial name
Aegle koekeritziana
(Hübner, 1799)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix koekeritziana Hübner, 1799
  • Anthophila flavida Ochsenheimer, 1816
  • Aegle flavida (Ochsenheimer, 1816)

The wingspan is 20–26 mm. Adults are on wing from May to the end of August.

The larvae feed on Delphinium species. Pupation takes place in a spinning.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea

Literature
  • Walter Forster & Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: Die Schmetterlinge Mitteleuropas - Bd.IV Eulen (Noctuidae), Franckh´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1971
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