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Opigena Boisduval, 1840

Opigena Boisduval, 1840; Genera Index Eur. Lepid. : 103, TS: Noctua polygona Denis & Schiffermüller
Opigena (Noctuinae) ; [POOLE]
Opigena ; [NE2, 102]; [NE3, 159]

Opigena polygona (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Sweden, Finland - C.Europe - SEEU, C.Asia, N.Iran, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Armenia, Turkey, Irkutsk, W.China, C.China, Tibet, Nepal, N.India. See [About maps] Kirjomaayökkönen
Noctua polygona Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 78, TL: Vienna district
Phalaena (Noctua) nigrofulva Esper, 1788; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (36-37): pl. 127, f. 7

= ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 103]

Phalaena (Noctua) nigrofulva Esper, 1796; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 2 (Abs. 1) (48): 384
Phalaena (Noctua) pyramis Borkhausen, 1792; 499, TL: Vienna

= ; [POOLE]; [NE2, 103]

f. rutilans Sohn-Rethel, 1929

= ; [NE2, 103]

f. obscurata Sohn-Rethel, 1929

= ; [NE2, 103]

Opigena polygona, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Opigena polygona, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Opigena polygona ; [POOLE]; [NE2: 103, pl. 5, f. 38-41]; [NE3, 159]

500x481 (~39Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 22-28.8.1976, f 29-4.9.1976, Markku Savela leg.

Flight from end of July to latter half of September.

Larva on Capsella, Primula, Polygonum, Rumex, Trifolium

Opigena accipiter Schaus, 1893

Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Opigena accipiter Schaus, 1893; 33, pl. 2, f. 7, TL: Sierra Leone
Opigena accipiter ; [POOLE]

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References:

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[ESP]

Heppner, 1981; The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254

[MBE]

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

[NE2]

Fibiger, 1993; Noctuidae Europaeae 2; Noctuinae II

[NE3]

Fibiger, 1997; Noctuidae Europaeae 3; Noctuinae III

[POOLE]

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

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1840

Genera et Index Methodicus Europaeorum Lepidopterorum Genera Index Eur. Lepid.: 238pp : 1-238

Esper, 1788

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil IV. Die Eulenphalenen Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (29): 1-16, pl. 80-85 (Noct. 1-6) (1786), (30): 17-32, pl. 86-91 (Noct. 7-12) (1786), (31): 33-48, pl. 92-97 (Noct. 13-18) (1787), (32): 49-64, pl. 98-103 (Noct. 19-24) (1787), (33): 65-80, pl. 104-109 (Noct. 25-30) (1787), (34): 81-96, pl. 110-115 (Noct. 31-36) (1787), (35): 97-112, pl. 116-121 (Noct. 37-42) (1787), (36-37): 113-144, pl. 122-133 (Noct. 43-54) (1788), (38): 145-160, pl. 134-139 (Noct. 55-60) (1788), (39): 161-176, pl. 140-145 (Noct. 61-66) (1789), (40): 177-192, pl. 146-151 (Noct. 67-72) (1790), (41): 193-208, pl. 152-155, 99B, 105B (Noct. 73-76) (1790), (42-44): 209-320, pl. 156-167, 117A (Noct. 77-88) (1791), (45-46): 321-352, pl. 168-177, 125B, 125C (Noct. 89-98) (1791), (47): 353-372, pl. 178-183 (Noct. 99-104) (1794)

Esper, 1796

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil IV. Die Eulenphalenen Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 2 (Abs. 1) (48): 373-420, pl. 184-186 (Noct. 105-107) (1796), (Abs. 1) (49-50): 421-464, pl. 187-191 (Noct. 108-112) (1798), (Abs. 1) (51): 465-496, pl. [192],[193] (Noct. 113-114) ([1799-1803]), (Abs. 1) (52): 497-536, pl. 194-195 (Noct. 115-116) (1804), (Abs. 1) (53): 537-632, pl. 196 (Noct. 117) (1804), (Abs. 1) (54): 633-698, pl. 197-198 (Noct. 118-119) (1805), (Abs. 2) (49-50): 1-44 (1798), (Abs. 2) (51): 45-54 ([1799-1803]), (Abs. 2) (52): 55-62 (1804), (Abs. 2) (53): 63-85 (1805)

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