''Chersotis alpestris'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

Subspecies

*''Chersotis alpestris alpestris'' (Alps, Apennines, Pyrenees) *''Chersotis alpestris ponticola'' (Draudt, 1936) (south-western Russia, southern Urals, Turkey, Caucasus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, north-western Iran)

Description

''Chersotis alpestris'' has a wingspan of . The hind wings are light brown in males, while in females they are medium or dark brown. The underside of the wings is usually yellowish brown, though the underside of the hind wings is often more whitish. Seitz states ''R. alpestris'' Bsd. (ocellina Hbn., nec. Schiff.) (Ilk). is hardly separable from the preceding R. ocellina'' Schiff">Chersotis_ocellina.html" ;"title="'Chersotis ocellina">R. ocellina'' Schiff but the reniform stigma is less produced and does not touch the orbicular stigma. ''C. alpestris'' occurs in nearly the same localities as ''ocellina''; both species are Diurnality, diurnal and are found at rest on flower heads.

Biology

Caterpillars are polyphagous on low plants.

Distribution

This species can be found in Europe (Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, East European Russia, France, Italy, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine) and eastward into Asia.Fauna europaea
/ref>

References

Bibliography

* Erstbeschreibung: BOISDUVAL (1834): Icones historique des lépidoptères d'Europe nouveaux ou peu connus 2: 1-192, pl. 47-84. Paris (Roret). * COWAN, C. F. (1970): Boisduval's Icones Historiques des Lépidoptères d'Europe 1832-1841. — Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5 (4): 291-302 * Dufay (Claude), 1984.- Chersotis oreina n. sp., noctuelle méconnue des montagnes de l'Europe occidentale (Noctuidae, Noctuinae). Nota Lepidopterologica, 7 (1) : 8-20.

External links

{{Taxonbar, from=Q13462679 Noctuinae Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Moths described in 1837