Chersotis andereggii

Chersotis andereggii is a moth of the family Noctuidae.^[1]

Chersotis andereggii
Illustration from The Macrolepidoptera of the World
Chersotis andereggii. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Chersotis
Species:	C. andereggii
Binomial name
Chersotis andereggii (Boisduval, [1837])
Synonyms
Agrotis andereggii Boisduval, [1837] Euxoa andereggii (Boisduval, [1837]) Agrotis exclamans Eversmann, 1841

Subspecies

• Chersotis andereggii andereggi (Alps)
• Chersotis andereggii arcana (southern Finland, northern Estonia)
• Chersotis andereggii subtilis (Himalayas (Ladakh))

Description

Chersotis andereggii has a wingspan of 29–32 mm. These relatively small moths are generally greyish-brown, with large dark orbicular and claviform markings.^[2] Warren states ab. andereggii Boisd. of R. rectangula is darker, without the grey irroration, the lines not showing paler.^[3]

Biology

Adults are on wing from the end of July to the first half of August. The larvae feed on Lychnis, Melilotus and Trifolium species.^[4]

Distribution

This species can be found in Europe (Bulgaria, East European Russia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland),^[5] in the southern Urals, Turkey, north-western Iran, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kirghizia, the Altai Mountains, the Sayan Mountains, Baikal, Kamchatka, Mongolia, the Himalaya, the Alps.

Habitat

These moths live in alpine meadows and steppe slopes.^[2]

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
• HUEMER, P. (2013): Die Schmetterlinge Österreichs (Lepidoptera). Systematische und faunistische Checkliste. – 304 S. (Studiohefte 12); Innsbruck (Tiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.).