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Parasemia Hübner, [1820]

Parasemia Hübner, [1820]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (12): 181, TS: Phalaena plantaginis Linnaeus
Nemeophila Stephens, 1828; Ill. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 2 (1): 55, 72, TS: Phalaena plantaginis Linnaeus
Chionophila Guenée, 1865; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (4) 4 : 686, TS: Phalaena plantaginis Linneus
Eupsychoma Grote, 1865; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 4 : 317, TS: Eupsychoma geometrica Grote
Parasemia ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 478

Parasemia plantaginis (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Siberia, E.Asia, Japan, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Iran, C.Asia, Transbaical, Mongolia, China, Canada, W.USA. See [About maps] Täpläsiilikäs Täpläkehrääjä Wood Tiger Wegerichbär F l'écaille du Plantain Árctido del llantén Liten igelkottspinnare útifü-medvelepke
Phalaena plantaginis Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 501
plantaginis Haworth, 1803
Parasemia plantaginis ♂ ab. raetzeri Schawerda, 1906; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 239
Parasemia plantaginis ♂ ab. subalpina Schawerda, 1906; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 239
Parasemia plantaginis ab. brunnescens Schawerda, 1906; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 240
Parasemia plantaginis ♂ ab. roseipennis Schawerda, 1906; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 240
Parasemia plantaginis ab. confluens Schawerda, 1906; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 241
?Nemeophila plantaginis var. flava Kilian, 1897; Soc. Ent. 12: 4
Parasemia plantaginis, Pacific Northwest Moths [PNWM]
Parasemia plantaginis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Parasemia plantaginis, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Parasemia plantaginis, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Parasemia plantaginis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Parasemia plantaginis, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Parasemia plantaginis, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Parasemia plantaginis, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Parasemia plantaginis, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Parasemia plantaginis, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Parasemia plantaginis ♂ ab. bicoloria ; Schawerda, 1906, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 239
Parasemia plantaginis ♂ ab. borussia ; Schawerda, 1906, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 239
Parasemia plantaginis ♂ ab. elegans ; Schawerda, 1906, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 240
Parasemia plantaginis ab. flava ; Schawerda, 1906, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 241
Parasemia plantaginis ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : 458, f. 199; [LC22, 318]; [NACL, #8127]; [DubA, #22]

1000x728 (~78Kb) male FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 1.7.1998 Photo © Markku Savela	640x920 (~64Kb) male FINLAND: Ks: Kuusamo Liikasenvaara, 736:61, 9.7.1998 (f. hospita), Photo © Markku Savela	630x690 (~103Kb) male Russia, Moscow area, 14.6.2010 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov
600x690 (~104Kb) upperside female Russia, Moscow area, 14.6.2010 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov	560x690 (~98Kb) underside female Russia, Moscow area, 14.6.2010 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov	347x249 (~25Kb) female
367x253 (~26Kb)	383x252 (~24Kb)

Larva on Betula spp., Polygonum spp., Rumex spp., Vaccinium myrtillus, V. uliginosum, Plantago spp., P. major [SPRK]

P. p. plantaginis

EU (excluding Balkans), S.Siberia (except high mountains), Mongolia Bombyx alpicola Scopoli, 1763; Ent. Carniolica: 205
Phalaena hospita [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 316
Bombyx matronalis Freyer, 1842; Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 5 : 37, pl. 405
Parasemia plantaginis uralensis Krulikovsky, 1904; Russ. Entomol. Obozr. 4 (1): 30
Parasemia plantaginis carphathica Daniel, 1939; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 29 : 358
Parasemia insularum Seitz, 1910; Gross-Schmett. Erde 2 : 81, f. 16f
carpathica Daniel, 1939
thomanni Kessler, 1951
Parasemia plantaginis ♂ ab. hospita ; Schawerda, 1906, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 239
Parasemia plantaginis ♂ ab. matronalis ; Schawerda, 1906, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 240
Parasemia plantaginis plantaginis ; [DubA, #22a]

P. p. interrupta Schawerda, 1910

P. p. caucasica (Ménétriés, 1832)

Chelonia caucasica Ménétriés, 1832; Cat. Rais.: 262
Parasemia plantaginis passanauriensis Alberti, 1973; Atalanta 4 (6) B: 389
Parasemia plantaginis var. caucasica ; Schawerda, 1906, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 241
Parasemia plantaginis caucasica ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 248; [DubA, #22b]

P. p. hesselbarthi de Freina, 1981

Parasemia plantaginis hesselbarthi de Freina, 1981; Atalanta 12: (18-63)
Parasemia plantaginis hesselbarthi ; [Dubatolov]

P. p. carbonelli de Freina, 1993

Parasemia plantaginis carbonelli de Freina, 1993; Linn. Belg. 14 (3): (155-164), TL: Zagros range
Parasemia plantaginis carbonelli ; [DubP]

P. p. caspica (Daniel, 1939)

Paramsemia plantaginis caspica Daniel, 1939
Paramsemia plantaginis caspica ; [Dubatolov]

P. p. sifanica (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)

Altai, Sayan, Tannu-Ola, Mongolia (high mountains), Qinghai Nemeophila plantaginis ab. syfanica Grum-Grshimailo, 1891; Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 25 (3-4) : 462
Parasemia plantaginis altaica Seitz, 1910; Gross-Schmett. Erde 2 : 81, f. 16f
Parasemia plantaginis var. sifanica ; Schawerda, 1906, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 241
Parasemia plantaginis sifanica ; [DubA, #22c]; [DubC]

P. p. stoetzneri Bang-Haas, 1927

Sichuan stözneri Bang-Haas, 1927; Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 59

= ?Parasemia plantaginis sifanica Grum-Grshimailo, 1891; [DubP]

Parasemia plantaginis stoetzneri ; [DubC]

P. p. nycticans (Ménétriés, 1859)

NW.Siberia, Evenkia, Yakutia, Magadan Lithosia nycticans Ménétriés, 1859; Bull. phys-math. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. 17 (14) : 217 (spell. nicticans?)
Nemeophila plantaginis ab. melas Christoph, 1893; Dt. Ent. Zeit. Iris, 6 (1) : 88
Parasemia plantaginis trybomi Bryk, 1942; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 56 : 31 (nom. nud.)
Parasemia plantaginis nycticans ; [DubA, #22d]
Parasemia plantaginis ab. melas ; Schawerda, 1906, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 241
Parasemia plantaginis nycticans ; [DubA, #22d]

P. p. floccosa (Graeser, 1888)

Middle Amur, Primorye, NE.China (Dunbei), Korea floccosa (Graeser, 1888) (Nemeophila); Berl. Ent. Zs. 32 (1): 115
Parasemia plantaginis var. floccosa ; Schawerda, 1906, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56 : 241
Parasemia plantaginis floccosa ; [DubA, #22e]; [DubC]

P. p. sachalinensis Matsumura, 1927

Sakhalin Parasemia plantaginis sachalinensis Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1) : 59
Parasemia plantaginis sachalinensis ; [DubA, #22f]

P. p. araitensis Matsumura, 1929

Kamchatka, N.Kuril Is., Paramushir Is. Parasemia plantaginis f. araitensis Matsumura, 1929; Insecta Matsumurana 3 (4): 168
Parasemia plantaginis paramushira Bryk, 1942; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 56 : 30
Parasemia plantaginis kamtschadalus Bryk, 1942; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 56 : 29 (nom. nud.)
Parasemia plantaginis araitensis ; [DubA, #22g]; [Dubatolov]

P. p. kunashirica Bryk, 1942

S.Kuril Is. Parasemia plantaginis kunashirica Bryk, 1942; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 56 : 29, t. 1, f. 1
Parasemia plantaginis kunashirica ; [DubA, #22h]

P. p. paramushira Bryk, 1942

Parasemia plantaginis paramushira ; [Dubatolov]
kamtschadalus Bryk, 1942; [Dubatolov]

P. p. jezoensis Inoue, 1976

Parasemia plantaginis jezoensis Inoue, 1976; Bull. Fac. dom. Sci. Otsuma Wom. Univ. 12: 170, pl. 2, f. 47

P. p. macromera (Butler, 1881)

Japan Nemeophila macromera Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881 (1): 5
Nemeophila macromera var. leucomera Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881 (1): 5

P. p. melanomera (Butler, 1881)

Japan Nemeophila macromera var. melanomera Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881 (1): 5
Parasemia plantaginis japonica Inoue & Kobayashi, 1956; Tinea 3: 138, t. 17, f. 4-6

P. p. melanissima Inoue, 1976

P. p. petrosa (Walker, 1855)

British Columbia, ... Nemeophila petrosa Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 626
Nemeophila caespitis Grote & Robinson, 1868; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1 : 337, pl. 6, f. 43
Nemeophila cichorii Grote & Robinson, 1868; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1 : 338, pl. 6, f. 44
Platarctia modesta Packard, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 113
alascensis (Stretch, 1906)
Eupsychoma geometrica Grote, 1865; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 4 : 318, TL: Colorado, USA
Nemeophila geddesi Neumoegen, 1883; Papilio 3 (7-10) : 137, TL: Crow's Nest Pass, N.W. Brit. Cola.
Platarctia scudderi Packard, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 113
Nemeophila selwynii H. Edwards, 1885; Can. Ent. 17 (4) : 65
Parasemia plantaginis f. geometrica ; [HMB, 134, pl. XVI, f. 26♂]
Parasemia plantaginis petrosa ; [DubN]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Parasemia plantaginis; [HMB, 134, pl. XVI, f. 25♂]

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References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

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[BAMONA]

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

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[DubA]

Dubatolov, 1996; A list of the Arctiinae of the territory of the former U.S.S.R (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae); In: Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Band 37: 39-89; A web presentation of the list.

[DubC]

Dubatolov

[DubN]

Dubatolov; Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Nearctic Region; (under construction)

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[HMB]

Holland, 1908; The Moth Book; A popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America

[Ian Kimber]

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

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[LC22]

Strand, 1919 (Wagner ed.); Lepidopterorum Catalogus 22; Arctiidae: Subfam. Arctiinae

[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

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[PNWM]

Pacific Northwest Moths

[SPRK]

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

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

Some related literature:

Alberti, 1973

Zweite Mitteilung über einige bemerkenswerte Lepidopteren-Formes aus dem Grossen Kaukasus und Transkaukasien (Lepidoptera) Atalanta 4 (6) B: 380-393

Bang-Haas, 1927

Horae Macrolepidopterologicae Regionis Palaearcticae Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 128pp, 11pls

Bryk, 1942

Zur Kenntnis der Großschmetterlinge der Kurilen Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 56 : 1-90, pl. 1-2

Butler, 1881

Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Japan Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881 (1): 1-23, (2): 171-200, (3): 401-426, (4): 579-600

Christoph, 1893

Lepidoptera Nova Faunae Palaearcticae Dt. Ent. Zeit. Iris, 6 (1) : 86-96

Daniel, 1939

Gedanken zu einigen Arctiiden-Formen (Lepidoptera) Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 29 : 354-368, pl. 11

H. Edwards, 1885

A new Arctian Can. Ent. 17 (4) : 65-66

de Freina, 1981

2. Beitrag zur sytematischen Erfassung der Bombyces- und Sphinges-Fauna Kleinasiens Atalanta 12: 18-63

de Freina, 1993

Contributions to the knowledge of the Balkan and West Asian populations of Parasemia plantaginis (Linnaeus, 1758) with description of a new subspecies from the Kurdish Zagros range: carbonelli n. ssp. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) Linn. Belg. 14 (3): 155-164

de Freina, 1999

Beitrag zur systematischen Erfassung der Bombyces- und Sphinges-Fauna Kleinasiens, Weitere Kenntnisse über Artenspektrum, Systematik und Verbreitung der Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae und Cymatophoridae Atalanta 30 (1/4): 187-257

Freyer, 1842

Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. (65-80) Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 5 : 1-40 (1842), : 41-92 (1844), : 93-164 (1845)

Graeser, 1888

Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren-Fauna des Amurlandes Berl. Ent. Zs. 32 (1): 33-153 (1888), (2): 309-414 (1889)

Grote, 1865

Descriptions of North American Lepidoptera - No. 6 Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 4 : 315-330, 1pl

Grote & Robinson, 1868

Descriptions of American Lepidoptera. - No. 1-3 Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1 : 1-30, pl. 1-2, : 171-192, pl. 4, : 323-360, pl. 6-7

Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

Lepidoptera nova in Asia centrali novissime lecta et descripta Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 25 (3-4) : 445-465

Guenée, 1865

Notice sur les CHELONIA CERVINI et QUENSELII. II. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (4) 4 : 681-687

Hampson, 1901

Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3 : i-xix, 1-690, pl. 36-54

Hübner, [1820]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Inoue, 1976

Some new and unrecorded moths belonging to the Bombyces and Sphinges from Japan (Lepidoptera) Bull. Fac. dom. Sci. Otsuma Wom. Univ. 12: 153-179

Krulikovsky, 1904

Notice sur la chasse des Lépidoptères durant l'étê 1903 dans le distric d'Orjoum, gouv-t de Viatka Russ. Entomol. Obozr. 4 (1): 27-31

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Matsumura, 1927

New species and subspecies of moths from the Japanese Empire J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1) : 1-91, pl. 1-5

Matsumura, 1929

New moths from Kuriles Insecta Matsumurana 3 (4): 165-168

Ménétriés, 1832

Catalogue raisonne des objects de zoologie recuelis dans un voyage au Caucase et jusqu'aux frontières de la Perse Cat. Rais.: -

Ménétriés, 1859

Lépidoptères de la Sibérie orientale et en particulier des rives de l'Amour Bull. phys-math. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. 17 (14) : 212-221, Mélanges biol. St.-Pétersb. 3 (1): 99-113 (1858)

Neumoegen, 1883

Description of interesting new species of Heterocera from all parts of our continent Papilio 3 (7-10) : 137-144

Packard, 1864

Synopsis of the Bombycidae of the United States. (1 & 2) Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 97-130, : 331-396

Seitz, 1910

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. 2. Die Palaearktischen Spinner & Schwärmer Gross-Schmett. Erde 2 : 1-479 [Macrolep.], pl. 1-56

Stephens, 1828

Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable Ill. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 2 (1): 1-90, pl. 13-18 (1828), (2): 91-203, pl. 19-24 (1829)

Walker, 1855

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 583-775 (1855), 4: 777-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

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