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Diachrysia Hübner, [1821]

Diachrysia Hübner, [1821]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (16): 252, TS: Phalaena chryson Fabricius
Chrychrysia Beck, 1996
Zosichrysia Beck, 1996
Dyachrysia ; Geyer, 1834, (missp.)
Diachrysia (Plusiini) ; [NACL, 130]
Diachrysia (Autoplusiina) ; [MNA25.1, 60]; [NE10, 159, 188]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Plusia Ochsenheimer, 1816; auth.

Diachrysia aereoides (Grote, 1864)

S.Canada - to (N.California - Colorado), Kentucky, North Carolina, Maryland. See [About maps] Plusia aereoides Grote, 1864; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 83, pl. 2, f. 5, TL: "Middle and Eastern States"
Diachrysia aereoides, Pacific Northwest Moths [PNWM]
Diachrysia aereoides, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Diachrysia aeroides, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Diachrysia aereoides, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
Diachrysia aeroides, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Diachrysia aeroides[sic] ; [NACL, #8896 (missp.)]
Diachrysia aereoides ; [MNA25.1: 61, f. 19, pl. 1, f. 25, pl. B, pl. K, f. 1]; [NE10, 159]

Diachrysia balluca Geyer, 1832

from (Nova Scotia - Manitoba) - Kentucky. See [About maps] Dyachrysia[sic] balluca Geyer, 1832; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : 22, : pl. [118], f. 681-682, TL: Georgia, USA
Diachrysia balluca, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Diachrysia balluca, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Diachrysia balluca, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Diachrysia balluca ; [NACL, #8897]; [MNA25.1: 62, f. 20, pl. 1, f. 26, pl. 4, f. 5, pl. C, f. 1, pl. K, f. 2]; [NE10, 159]

Larva on Humulus lupulus, Populus tremuloides, Laportea canadensis, Rubus spp., Rosacea [MNA25.1, 63]

Diachrysia bieti (Oberthür, 1884)

Tibet. See [About maps] Plusia bieti Oberthür, 1884; Étud. d'Ent. 10 : 27, TL: Tibet, Ta-Tsien-lou
Diachrysia bieti ; [NE10, 159]

Diachrysia chrysitis (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Caucasus, Siberia, Ussuri. See [About maps] Messinkiyökkönen Burnished Brass Messingeule
Phalaena chrysitis Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 513, TL: [Europe]
Plusia chrysitis ab. juncta Tutt, 1892; Brit. Noctuae Var. 4: 25
Plusia chrysitis ab. scintillans Schultz, 1907; Int. Ent. Zs. 1: 32
disjunctaurea Spuler, 1907
Plusia chrysitis ab. aurea Hoyningen-Huene, 1901; Berl. Ent. Zs. 46 : 313
Phytometra chrysitis var. splendidior Fernández, 1929; Mem. Real Soc. Espanola Hist. Nat., 15: 598, f. 7, TL: [Spain] Salamanca, Batuecas
Diachrysia chrysitis, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Diachrysia chrysitis, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Diachrysia chrysitis, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Diachrysia chrysitis, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Diachrysia chrysitis ; [NE10: 191, pl. 13, f. 16-20, gen. 214-215, 286-287]

500x558 (~41Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 10.7.1976, f 16.7.1976, Markku Savela leg.	500x596 (~41Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 17.7.1974, f 8-14.7.1978, Markku Savela leg.	500x331 (~23Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 20-26.8.1988, Markku Savela leg.
1000x570 (~88Kb) Northern Greece, Axios Delta, 14/6/1995, Photo © Dylan Lloyd leg.	614x460 (~28Kb) Littleborough, England, 1.7.1998, Photo © Ian Kimber	900x523 (~102Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 15.7.2006 © D. Smirnov
1024x768 (~139Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 13.7.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	800x600 (~102Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 13.7.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov

Split of images between stenochrysis and chrysitis not certain

Larva on Urtica dioeca, Anthriscus silvestris, Symphytum officinale, Cynoglossum officinale, Lamium album, Galeopsis tetrahit, Plantago major, Hypochoeris maculata

Diachrysia stenochrysis (Warren, 1913)

EU, Caucasus, Far East, Primorye, Ussuri, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Japan. See [About maps] Phytometra stenochrysis Warren, 1913; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 3 : 348, pl. 64 f, TL: [Japan] Yesso, Ichikishiri
Plusia tutti Kostrowicki, 1961; Acta zool. cracov. 6: 398, TL: [Poland] Podola, Radulowa

= ; [NE10, 159]

Phytometra multauri Bryk, 1942; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 56 : 57

= ; [NE10, 159]

Diachrysia stenochrysis, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Diachrysia stenochrysis, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Diachrysia stenochrysis ; [NE10: 194, pl. 13, f. 21-25, gen. 218-221, 289-290]

identification uncertain 946x480 (~102Kb) Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 22.7.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

identification uncertain 843x741 (~110Kb) Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 20.7.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

Diachrysia generosa (Staudinger, 1900)

Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, S.Ukraine, Iran, Afghanistan. See [About maps] Plusia generosa Staudinger, 1900; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 12 (2): 380, TL: Turkey, Zeitun
Diachrysia generosa ; [NE10: 194, pl. 13, f. 26-30, gen. 216-217, 288]; [NE12, 246]

Diachrysia chryson (Esper, 1789)

CEU, SEU, Asia Minor, Japan. See [About maps] Phalaena (Noctua) chryson Esper, 1789; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (39): pl. 141, f. 1, TL: Italy
Phalaena (Noctua) chryson Esper, 1798; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 2 (Abs. 1) (49-50): 446
Diachrysia chryson, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Diachrysia chryson, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Diachrysia chryson ; [NE10, 159, 189]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Diachrysia orichalcea; Hübner, [1821], Verz. bek. Schmett. (16): 252 (misidentified type species)

D. c. chryson

Phalaena aerifera Sowerby, 1805
Diachrysia chryson chryson ; [NE10: 189, pl. 13, f. 41-44, gen. 213, 284]

D. c. pales (Mell, 1939)

Phytometra chryson pales Mell, 1939; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 52 : 138, TL: North Kwantung
Diachrysia chryson pales ; [NE10, 159]

D. c. deltaica Rakosy, 1996

Diachrysia chryson deltaica ; [NE10: 190, pl. 13, f. 41, gen. 285]

Diachrysia coreae (Bryk, 1949)

Korea, ?. See [About maps] Plusia coreae Bryk, 1949; Ark. Zool. 41 A (1) : 126
Phytometra chryson ab. coreae Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2) : 50
Diachrysia coreae ; [NE10, 159]

Diachrysia leonina (Oberthür, 1884)

SE.Siberia, Japan. See [About maps] Plusia leonina Oberthür, 1884; Étud. d'Ent. 10 : 26, pl. 3, f. 11, TL: [SE.Siberia, ] Sidemi
Plusia humeralis Butler, 1886; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1886 (2) : 135, TL: Japan, Yezo

= ; [NE10, 159]

Diachrysia leonina ; [NE10, 159]

Diachrysia nadeja (Oberthür, 1880)

Alps, S.France, Greece, Croatia, Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldavia, Kazan, Far East. See [About maps] Plusia nadeja Oberthür, 1880; Étud. d'Ent. 5 : 84, pl. 3, f. 10, TL: Russia, Far East, Askold
Diachrysia nadeja ; [NE10: 195, pl. 13, f. 31-35, gen. 222, 291]

Diachrysia zosimi (Hübner, [1822])

Poland, N.Italy, Bulgaria, Ukraine, S.Siberia?. See [About maps] Noctua zosimi Hübner, [1822]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [4] : f. 651, TL: Europe
Diachrysia zosimi ; [NE10: 195, pl. 13, f. 36-40, gen. 223, 292]

800x582 (~74Kb) HUNGARY, Hajdú-Bihar county, Bagamér Daru-láp, 14.8.2001, Photo © Tamás Baranyi

Larva on Sanguisorba, S. officinalis, less Parnassia palustris [NE10, 196]

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References:

[ALBERTA]

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

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

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

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[Dylan Lloyd]

Hafanedd, Deiniol Rd., Bangor, Wales, U.K., LL57 2UP; e-mail: Dylan Lloyd

[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

[GALEPS]

Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm

[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

[Ian Kimber]

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

[Lynn Scott]

Moths of the Ottawa Area; Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images

[MBE]

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

[MNA25.1]

Lafontaine & Poole; The Moths of America North of Mexico, 25.1; NOCTUOIDEA; Noctuidae, Plusiinae

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

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

[NE10]

Goater, Ronkay & Fibiger, 2003; Noctuidae Europaeae 10: 252pp; Catocalinae & Plusiinae

[NE12]

Fibiger, Ronkay, Yela & Zilli, 2010; Noctuidae Europeaea 12; Rivulinae - Euteliinae, and Micronoctuidae and Supplement to Volume 1-11

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[PNWM]

Pacific Northwest Moths

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[Tamás Baranyi]

Tamás Baranyi

Some related literature:

Bryk, 1942

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

Bryk, 1949

Zur Kenntnis der Großschmetterlinge von Korea. II. Macrofrenatae Ark. Zool. 41 A (1) : 1-225, pl. 1-7

Butler, 1886

Descriptions and remarks upon five new Noctuid moths from Japan Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1886 (2) : 131-136

Esper, 1789

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, 1798

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)

Fernández, 1929

Nueva Lepidopterous hispanicos Mem. Real Soc. Espanola Hist. Nat., 15: 593-601

Grote, 1864

Descriptions of North American Lepidoptera, No. 3-5 Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 73-92, : 322-327, : 521-535

Hoyningen-Huene, 1901

Aberrationen einiger estlandischere Eulen und Spanner Berl. Ent. Zs. 46 : 309-319, pl. 6

Hübner, [1822]

Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. IV. Noctuae - Eulen ("Dritte Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [4] : 155-194, : pl. 1-74, f. 1-345 (1800-1803), : pl. 75-86, f. 346-405 (1803-1808), : pl. 87-96, f. 406-455 (1808-1809), : pl. 97-134, f. 456-615 (1809-1813), : pl. 135-139, f. 616-638 (1814-1817), : pl. 140-141, f. 639-647 (1818-1819), : pl. 142-150, f. 648-697 (1819-1822), : pl. 151, f. 698-703 (1823), : pl. 152-156, f. 704-732 (1823-1824), : pl. 157, f. 733-736 (1825-1826), : pl. 158-160, f. 737-752 (1827-1828), : pl. 161-162, f. 753-765 (1828-1830), : pl. 163-169, f. 766-802 (1828-1832), : pl. 170-171, f. 803-812 (1832-1833), : pl. 172-176, f. 813-839 (1834), : pl. 177-179, f. 840-853 (1834-1835), : pl. 180, f. 854-858 (1834-1835), : pl. 181, f. 859-863 (1836), : pl. 182, f. 864-868 (1836-1838), : pl. 183, f. 869-873 (1837-1838), : pl. 184-185, f. 874-882 (1838), : [7], 8-24 (1834?)

Hübner, [1821]

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])

Geyer, 1832

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 4 [1826]-1832 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : pl. [104-131], f. 601-764 (1826), : pl. [132-137], f. 765-800 (1827 - 1831), : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-48 (1832)

Kostrowicki, 1961

Studies on the Palearctic species of the subfamily Plusiinae (Lepidoptera, Phalaenidae) Acta zool. cracov. 6: 367-472, 154figs

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

Mell, 1939

Beiträge zur fauna Sinica. XVIII. Noch unbeschriebene Chinesische Lepidopteren (V) Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 52 : 135-152

Oberthür, 1880

Faune des Lépidoptères de l'ile Askold. Premiere Partie Étud. d'Ent. 5 : 1-88, pl. 1-9

Oberthür, 1884

Lépidoptères de l'Asie orientale Étud. d'Ent. 10 : 13-35, pl. 1-3

Warren in Seitz, 1913

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. 3. Die eulenartigen Nacthfalter Gross-Schmett. Erde 3 : 1-511, pl. 1-75

Staudinger, 1900

Neue Lepidopteren des palaearktischen Faunengebiets Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 12 (2): 352-403

Strand, 1917

Neue Aberrationen der Noctuiden-Subfamilien Hadeninae, Erastriinae, Catocalinae, Mominae und Phytometrinae Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2) : 28-50

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