''Chersotis elegans'' is a moth of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

. It is found in the mountains of Spain, Greece, Turkey, the Caucasus, Lebanon, Israel and western central Asia.

Description

Warren (1914) states ''R. elegans'' Ev. (— ''grammiptera'' Bsd., ''cancellata'' Frr.) Forewing pale brown, the veins whitish: lines black and white; stigmata margined with white and black, the claviform large and pointed,the reniform angled inwards on median nervure; submarginal line white preceded by a row of black wedgeshaped marks : hindwing of male white with slight subterminal brownish band of female more or less suffused with fuscous. A South European species, found in Spain, France, Greece, and S. Russia; widely spread in W. Asia, and also in Siberia and Turkestan. Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'', Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914

Subspecies

*''Chersotis elegans elegans'' *''Chersotis elegans hermonis'' (Israel)

Biology

Adults are on wing from July to September. There is one generation per year.

References

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Noctuinae of Israel

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Noctuinae Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Moths described in 1837 {{Noctuinae-stub