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Ceramica Guenée, 1852

Ceramica Guenée, 1852; , TS: Ceramica exusta Guenée

= Melanchra ; [NACL, 148]; [POOLE]

Ceramica (Hadenini) ; [FE]
Ceramica (Mamestrina) ; [NE4, 18]

Ceramica pisi (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU. See [About maps] Herneen tarhayökkönen Broom Moth Erbseneule
Phalaena pisi Linnaeus, 1758
Phalaena Noctua pisi Linnaeus, 1758; 517, TL: [Europe]
Mamestra pisi var. pallens Staudinger, 1882; 35, TL: Lepsa

= ; [POOLE]

Mamestra pisi var. rukavaarae Hoffmann, 1893; Stettin Ent. Ztg 54 (4-6) : 127, TL: Finland, Kuusamo

= ; [POOLE]

Polia pisi nyiwonis Matsumura, 1925; 153, pl. 10, f. 21, TL: North Saghalien, Nyiwo

= ; [POOLE]

Polia pisi pisella Bryk, 1941; 156, TL: Kamtschatka

= ; [POOLE]

Polia pisi pardoi Agenjo, 1945; 172, pl. 4, f. 13-14, TL: Spain, Santander, Reocin

= ; [POOLE]

Melanchra pisi, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Ceramica pisi, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Ceramica pisi, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Melanchra pisi ;
Lacanobia pisi ; [POOLE]
Ceramica pisi ; [NE4, 18]

500x665 (~33Kb) Estonia, Vehendi, 17.6.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen	800x651 (~95Kb) larva Russia, Moscow area, 18.8.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	712x713 (~107Kb) female Russia, Moscow area, 1.6.2010 (36°25'E, 56°23'N), Photo © D. Smirnov
500x491 (~40Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:539, m 12.7.1976, f 22.7.1976, Markku Savela leg.

Flight from June to July.

Larva on Pteridium aquilinum, Larix sibirica, Typha latifolia, Betula sp., B. verrucosa, B. pubescens, Alnus incana, Salix spp., S. caprea, S. aurita, S. cinerea, S. myrsinifolia, S. phylicifolia, Populus tremula, Urtica dioeca, Polygonum lapathifolium, P. viviparum, Rumex spp., aconitum sp., Thlaspi alpestre, Ribes uva-crispa, R. nigrum, Rosa sp., Potentilla anserina, Rubus idaeus, R. chamaemorus, Filipendula ulmaria, Sorbus aucuparia, Pisum sativum, Trifolium pratense, Crataegus oxyacantha, Aegopodium podagraria, Angelica silvestris, Linum usitatissimum, Solanum dulcamara, Galium verum, Viburnum opulus, Aster tripolium, Calendula officinalis, Cirsium arvense, Centaurea jacea, Caragana arborescens [SPRK]

Ceramica picta (Harris, 1841)

New York, Massachusetts, .... See [About maps] Mamestra picta Harris, 1841; 329, TL: Massachusetts
Ceramica exusta Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1) : 344, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 5, f. 9, TL: North America

= ; [NACL, #10293]; [POOLE]

Mythimna contraria Walker, 1856; 78, TL: New York

= ; [POOLE]; [NACL, #10293]

Melanchra picta, Pacific Northwest Moths [PNWM]
Melanchra picta, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melanchra picta, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melanchra picta, Noctuid Search (record) [NOCTS]
Melanchra picta ; [NACL, #10293]; [POOLE]

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References:

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[BAMONA]

Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[FE]

Fauna Europaea; Fauna Europaea

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NE4]

Hacker, Ronkay & Hreblay, 2002; Noctuidae Europaeae 4; Hadeninae I

[NOCTS]

Noctuid Search; An Interactive Key to Identify the Noctuidae of North America; e-mail: Thomas D. Eichlin; e-mail: Scott A. Kinnee; Dennis E. Mayhew; Ronald E. Somerby; Charles S. Papp

[PNWM]

Pacific Northwest Moths

[POOLE]

Poole, 1989; Lepidopterorum catalogus (n.s.) 118 - Noctuidae

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[Tero Piirainen]

Tampere, Finland; e-mail: Tero Piirainen

Some related literature:

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852

Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Cinquiéme. Noctuélites. Tome 1 Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1) : 1-407, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 1-24 (1858)

Hoffmann, 1893

Fortsetzung zu Schilde's Lepidopterologischen Mittheilungen aus Nord-Findland Stettin Ent. Ztg 54 (4-6) : 121-145

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