The wingspan is 28–40 mm. Forewing reddish brown with an ochreous tint in the male, darker, purplish brown in female; lines plain in the paler males; stigmata of the ground colour, the reniform with the lower lobe dark, the upper sometimes ochreous; claviform with a black dot at the tip; a distinct dark median shade; in the female the submarginal line is pale; hindwing dull fuscous, the fringe pinkish. It is a variable species occurring under different forms: ab. nana Stgr. from south-eastern Siberia is a dwarf form, not much more than half aslarge as the typical form.[1]
Figs 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e larvae after final moult
Biologyedit
Adults are on wing from August to September depending on the location.
The larva varies in the colour of the back through various shades of ochreous and brown to dark reddish brown, and this is always in strong contrast with the colour of the lower parts; the lines are pale, and the outer ones on the back are edged with black dashes; spots and spiracles black; head pale brown. The larvae feed on Betula, Vaccinium myrtillus, Rumex and Plantago.[2]
Subspeciesedit
Diarsia dahlii dahlii (central and northern Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan)
^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
^Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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diarsia, dahlii, barred, chestnut, moth, family, noctuidae, species, first, described, jacob, hübner, 1813, found, europe, through, palearctic, east, kamchatka, peninsula, northern, china, japan, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphyl. Diarsia dahlii the barred chestnut is a moth of the family Noctuidae The species was first described by Jacob Hubner in 1813 It is found in Europe through the Palearctic east to the Kamchatka Peninsula northern China and Japan Diarsia dahliiScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraSuperfamily NoctuoideaFamily NoctuidaeGenus DiarsiaSpecies D dahliiBinomial nameDiarsia dahlii Hubner 1813 SynonymsNoctua dahlii Hubner 1813 Contents 1 Description 2 Biology 3 Subspecies 4 References 5 External linksDescription editFor a key to the terms used see Glossary of entomology terms The wingspan is 28 40 mm Forewing reddish brown with an ochreous tint in the male darker purplish brown in female lines plain in the paler males stigmata of the ground colour the reniform with the lower lobe dark the upper sometimes ochreous claviform with a black dot at the tip a distinct dark median shade in the female the submarginal line is pale hindwing dull fuscous the fringe pinkish It is a variable species occurring under different forms ab nana Stgr from south eastern Siberia is a dwarf form not much more than half aslarge as the typical form 1 nbsp nbsp Figs 3 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e larvae after final moultBiology editAdults are on wing from August to September depending on the location The larva varies in the colour of the back through various shades of ochreous and brown to dark reddish brown and this is always in strong contrast with the colour of the lower parts the lines are pale and the outer ones on the back are edged with black dashes spots and spiracles black head pale brown The larvae feed on Betula Vaccinium myrtillus Rumex and Plantago 2 Subspecies editDiarsia dahlii dahlii central and northern Europe Caucasus Transcaucasia Kazakhstan Diarsia dahlii nana central Siberia to eastern Siberia northern China Mongolia Diarsia dahlii tibetica southern China Tibet References edit 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 Robinson Gaden S Ackery Phillip R Kitching Ian J Beccaloni George W Hernandez Luis M 2010 Search the database introduction and help HOSTS A Database of the World s Lepidopteran Hostplants Natural History Museum London External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diarsia dahlii Kimber Ian 73 331 BF2121 Barred Chestnut Diarsia dahlii Hubner 1813 UKMoths Retrieved 30 June 2019 Swedish Moths Savela Markku Diarsia dahlii Hubner 1813 Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Retrieved June 30 2019 Lepiforum e V nbsp This Noctuinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Diarsia dahlii amp oldid 1185272009, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
