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Euchalcia Hübner, [1821]

Euchalcia Hübner, [1821]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (16): 250, TS: Noctua illustris Fabricius
Adeva McDunnough, 1944; Mem. So. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2: 213, TS: Autographa albavitta Ottolengui

= ; [NACL, 130]

Pareuchalcia Beck, 1991; Atalanta 22 (2/4): 226, TS: cuprea Esper
Euchalcia (Plusiini) ; [NACL, 130]
Euchalcia (Euchalciina) ; [MNA25.1: 64]; [NE10, 159, 197]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Plusia Ochsenheimer, 1816; Forbes, 1954, (part)

Euchalcia altaica Dufay, 1968

Altai. See [About maps] Euchalcia altaica Dufay, 1968; Veröff. Zool. Staatssaml. München 12: 39, pl. 1, f. 4, pl. 4, f. 3 (m.gen), TL: Altai Mts., Ongodai
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) altaica ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia armeniae Dufay, 1965

Caucasus. See [About maps] Euchalcia armeniae Dufay, 1965; Entomops 4: 124, TL: SW.Caucasus, Achalzick
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) armeniae ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia augusta (Staudinger, [1892])

Turkey. See [About maps] Plusia augusta Staudinger, [1892]; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 4 (2) : 309, pl. 4, f. 5, TL: Aintab [Turkey]
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) augusta ; [NE10, 159]

E. a. wolfi Hacker & Ronkay, 1992

Turkey Euchalcia augusta wolfi Hacker & Ronkay, 1992; Esperiana 3: (?), TL: Turkey
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) augusta wolfi ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia bactrianae Dufay, 1968

Afghanistan. See [About maps] Euchalcia bactrianae Dufay, 1968; Veröff. Zool. Staatssaml. München 12: 71, pl. 1, f. 12, pl. 5, f. 10 (m.gen), TL: Afghanistan, Badakshan Mts., Bela Kuran
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) bactrianae ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia bellieri (Kirby, 1903)

S.France (Basses-Alpes, Alpes Maritimes). See [About maps] Plusia bellieri Kirby, 1903; Butts Moths Europe: 269, TL: [France] Basses Alpes
Euchalcia galloi Berio, 1989
Euchalcia bellieri, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) bellieri ; [NE10: 202, pl. 13, f. 53-56, gen. 227, 295]

Euchalcia biezankoi (Alberti, 1965)

Caucasus, Armenia, S.Urals. See [About maps] Plusia biezankoi Alberti, 1965; Dt. Ent. Z. (n.s) 12: 365, pl. 1, f. 1 (m.gen), 2 (f.gen), TL: Caucasus, Tberda-Dombai
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) biezankoi ; [NE10: 208, pl. 14, f. 6-9, gen. 229, 297]

Euchalcia borealis Lafontain & Poole, 1991

N.British Columbia. See [About maps] Euchalcia borealis Lafontain & Poole, 1991; [MNA25.1: 66, f. 21, pl. 1, f. 29, pl. K, f. 4], TL: Moose Lake, British Columbia
Euchalcia borealis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) borealis ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia cashmirensis Moore, 1881

Kashmir. See [About maps] Euchalcia cashmirensis Moore, 1881; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881 : 376, TL: Kashmir, Sind Valley
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) cashmirensis ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia chalcophanes Dufay, 1963

N.Iran. See [About maps] Euchalcia chalcophanes Dufay, 1963; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 32: 69, TL: Persia, Elbours Mts., Sardab Valley Tact i Suleiman
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) chalcophanes ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia chlorocharis (Dufay, 1961)

Greece. See [About maps] Plusia chlorocharis Dufay, 1961; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 30: 5-6, TL: Central Macedonia
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) chlorocharis ; [NE10: 208, pl. 14, f. 11-17, gen. 230, 298]

Larva on Alkanna nonneiformis [NE10, 209 (Pinker, 1963)]

Euchalcia consona (Fabricius, 1787)

CEU, SEEU - S.Urals, SW.Siberia. See [About maps] Noctua consona Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 163, TL: Austria
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) consona ; [NE10: 205, pl. 14, f. 30, 32-34, gen. 234, 301]

Euchalcia cuprescens Dufay, 1965

Caucasus. See [About maps] Euchalcia cuprescens Dufay, 1965; Entomops 4: 125, TL: Caucasus
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) cuprescens ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia dorsiflava (Standfuss, 1892)

Turkey. See [About maps] Plusia emichi var. dorsiflava Standfuss, 1892; Mém. Lépid. 6 : 666, pl. 15, f. 6, TL: Mardin [,Turkey]
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) dorsiflava ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia emichi (Rogenhofer, 1873)

Turkey, Near East, Armenia, N.Iraq, N.Iran. See [About maps] Plusia emichi Rogenhofer, 1873; in Rogenhofer & Mann, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 23 : 569, TL: [Turkey] Amanus, Giaur Dagh
Plusia emichi ; Standfuss, 1892, Mém. Lépid. 6 : pl. 15, f. 5
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) emichi ; [NE10, 159]
Euchalcia emichi ; [NE12, 245, pl. 15, f. 67-71]

Euchalcia italica (Staudinger, 1882)

Italy (Apennines). See [About maps] Plusia beckeri var. italica Staudinger, 1882; Ent. Nachr. 8 : 294, TL: Italy, Abruzzen
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) italica ; [NE10: 204, pl. 14, f. 27-30, gen. 233, 300]

Larva on Cynoglossum magallense [NE10, 205]

Euchalcia kautti Hacker & Ronkay, 1992

Turkey. See [About maps] Euchalcia kautti Hacker & Ronkay, 1992; Esperiana 3: (?), TL: Turkey
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) kautti ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia modestoides Poole, 1989

CEU, SEU - Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Varjopatinayökkönen
Euchalcia modestoides Poole, 1989; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series) 118: 396 (repl. Phalaena modesta Hübner, 1786)
Phalaena modesta Hübner, 1786; Beiträge Gesch. Schmett. 1 (1): 3, pl. 1, f. A, TL: Augsburg

= ; [NE10, 159]

Phalaena (Noctua) cuprea Esper, 1787; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (41): 199, (34): pl. 110, f. 3-4 (part)

= ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia modestoides, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) modestoides ; [NE10: 206, pl. 14, f. 1-5, gen. 228, 296]

500x314 (~26Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, 3-9.8.1985, Markku Savela leg.

Larva on Pulmonaria mollissima, P. officinalis, Cynoglossum officinale, Symphytum tuberosum, Arum maculatum, Pterochea sp. [NE10, 207]

Euchalcia orophasma (Boursin, 1960)

Afghanistan. See [About maps] Bryopolia orophasma Boursin, 1960; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 29: 146
Euchalcia avinovi Klyuchko, 1987
Euchalcia grisescens Klyuchko, 1987
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) orophasma ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia sergia (Oberthür, 1884)

SE.Siberia. See [About maps] Plusia sergia Oberthür, 1884; Étud. d'Ent. 10 : 27, pl. 3, f. 9, TL: [SE.Siberia] Sidemi
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) sergia ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia serraticornis Dufay, 1965

N.Kashmir. See [About maps] Euchalcia serraticornis Dufay, 1965; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 34: 193, TL: N.Kashmir, Baltistan, Saltora Mont., Haldi
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) serraticornis ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia siderifera (Eversmann, 1856)

-. See [About maps] Plusia siderifera Eversmann, 1856; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 29 (2): pl. 3, f. 4
Plusia siderifera Eversmann, 1857; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 30 (1): 104 (descr.)
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) siderifera ; [NE10, 159, 203]

E. s. siderifera

Asia Minor, Caucasus, S.Urals, Kazkhstan, Tien Shan, Altai Mts. Plusia beckeri Staudinger, 1861; in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lep. (ed. 1): 287, TL: Sarepta
?Plusia calberlae Standfuss, 1884; Stettin Ent. Ztg 45 (4-6) : 199, TL: Apennini Mts.

= ?Euchalcia italica ; [NE10, 159 (?)]
= ?; [NE10, 203]

Euchalcia siderifera siderifera ; [NE10: 203, pl. 14, f. 18-19, 22-23, gen. 231, 299]

E. s. achaiae Dufay, 1968

Greece Euchalcia siderifera achaiae Dufay, 1968; Veröff. Zool. Staatssaml. München 12: 77, TL: Greece, Chelmos Mt.
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) siderifera achaiae ; [NE10: 204, pl. 14, f. 20-21, 24-25, gen. 232]

Euchalcia stilpna Dufay, 1969

Iran. See [About maps] Euchalcia stilpna Dufay, 1969; Opuscula Zool., no. 110: 1, f. 1, 2 (f.gen), TL: Iran, Tehran Prov., Gatshar
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) stilpa ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia taurica (Osthelder, 1933)

Near East, Asia Minor, Iran. See [About maps] Phytometra consona taurica Osthelder, 1933; in Osthelder & Pfeiffer, Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 23: 97, TL: Turkey, Marasch
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) taurica ; [NE10, 159]

Euchalcia variabilis (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)

CEU, SEU, S.Urals - Mongolia. See [About maps] Kaunopatinayökkönen
Noctua variabilis Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783; Iter Poseg.: 70, pl. 6, f. 3, TL: "Sclavonia"
Noctua illustris Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 154, TL: Germany

= ; [POOLE, 396]

Euchalcia variabilis, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Euchalcia variabilis, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) variabilis ; [NE10, 159, 199]

849x721 (~128Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 6.6.2010 (36°25'E, 56°23'N), Photo © D. Smirnov

Larva on Aconitum septentrionale, Thalictrum, Delphinium, Consolida [NE10, 201]

E. v. variabilis

Phalaena (Noctua) cuprea Esper, 1787; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (34): pl. 110, f. 3-4 (part)
Noctua illustris Fabricius, 1787
Euchalcia variabilis variabilis ; [NE10: 199, pl. 13, f. 45-48, gen. 224a, 294a]

E. v. fuscolivacea Varga & Ronkay, 1984

Euchalcia variabilis fuscolivacea Varga & Ronkay, 1984; Acta zool. Hung. 30 (1-2): 205, TL: Bulgaria, Rila Mts., Granchar
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) variabilis fuscolivacea ; [NE10: 201, pl. 2, f. 49]

E. v. mongolica (Staudinger, 1901)

Mongolia Plusia variabilis var. mongolica Staudinger, 1901; in Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lepid. palaearct. Faunengeb., 1: 236, TL: Mongolia, Ulang-Bator, Urga
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) variabilis mongolica ; [NE10, 159]

E. v. obscurior (Alberti, 1965)

Caucasus, NE.Turkey Plusia variabilis obscurior Alberti, 1965
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) variabilis obscurior ; [NE10, 159]

E. v. uralensis Eversmann, 1842

S.Urals Plusia illustris var. uralensis Eversmann, 1842; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1842 (3) : 553, TL: Urals
Euchalcia (Euchalcia) variabilis uralensis ; [NE10: 201, pl. 13, f. 50-52, gen. 226, 293]

Euchalcia albavitta (Ottolengui, 1902)

Arizona, S.Nevada, S.California. See [About maps] Autographa albavitta Ottolengui, 1902; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 10 : 75, pl. 8, f. 8, TL: California
Behrensia hutsonii Smith, 1904; Psyche, 11 : 60, TL: Yuma Co., Arizona
Autographa hutsoni Barnes & McDunnough, 1917; Checklist Lep. N.America: 84 (unj. emend.)
Euchalcia albavitta, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Euchalcia albavitta hutsoni, Noctuid Search (record) [NOCTS]
Euchalcia albavitta hutsoni ; [NACL, #8903a]
Euchalcia albavitta ; [NACL, #8903]; [MNA25.1: 65, f. 21, pl. 1, f. 27-28, pl. C, f. 2, pl. K, f. 3]
Euchalcia (Adeva) ; [NE10, 159]

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References:

[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.

[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

[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

[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/

[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; Fascicle 25.1; NOCTUOIDEA; Noctuidae, Plusiinae

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NE10]

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

[NE12]

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

[NOCTS]

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

[POOLE]

Poole, R. W, 1989; Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series, Fasc. 118)

Some related literature:

Alberti, 1965

Zur kenntnis der Plusia modesta Hb.-gruppe (Lep. Noctuidae) Dt. Ent. Z. (n.s) 12: 365-369

Barnes & McDunnough, 1917

Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America Checklist Lep. N.America: ix + 392pp

Beck, 1991

Taxonomische Änderungen bei den Noctuinae, Cuculliinae und Plusiinae Atalanta 22 (2/4): 175-232

Boursin, 1960

Nouvelles "Trifinae" d'Afghanistan de l'expedition Klapperich (3rd note) Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 29: 136-152

Dufay, 1961

Description d'une nouvelle espèces de Plusia auct. (l) sensu lato des Balkans (Lep. Noctuidae Plusiinae) Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 30: 5-6

Dufay, 1963

Descriptions de trois nouvelles especes d'Euchalcia Hb. d'Asie anterieure (Lep. Noctuidae Plusinae[sic]) Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 32: 68-72

Dufay, 1965

Revision de Plusiinae: Descriptions de nouvelles especes Asiatiques et notes synonymiques (Lep. Noctuidae) Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 34: 193-196

Dufay, 1965

Description de deux nouvelles espéces d'Euchalcia Hübner du Caucase (Lep. Noctuidae Plusiinae).(Note préliminaire)(1) Entomops 4: 123-126

Dufay, 1968

Revision des Plusiinae Paléarctiques. I. Monograpihe du Genre Euchalcia Hübner (avec les descriptions de trois espèces nouvelles) Veröff. Zool. Staatssaml. München 12: 21-154, pl. 1-13

Dufay, 1969

Description d'Euchalcia stilpna n. sp. de l'Iran Opuscula Zool., no. 110: 4pp

Dufay, 1978

Descriptions de nouveaux Plusiinae (Lepidopteres, Noctuidae) Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 47 (2): 71-76

Esper, 1787

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)

Eversmann, 1842

Quaedam Lepidopterorum. Species novae, in Rossia Orientali observatae, nunc descriptae et depictae Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1842 (3) : 543-565, 1pl

Eversmann, 1844

De quibsudam Lepidopteria Rossicis Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 17 (3): 588-604, 3pls

Eversmann, 1856

Les noctuélites de la Russie Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 29 (2) : 161-233

Eversmann, 1857

Les noctuélites de la Russie Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 29 (1): pl. 3 (1856), 30 (1): 48-150 (1857)

de Freina & Hacker, 1985

Neue Arten und Unterarten der Familie Noctuidae aus Anatolien und Türkisch Kurdistan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Entomofauna 6 (19): (?)

Hübner, 1786

Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schmetterlinge, Band 1, Erster Theil Beiträge Gesch. Schmett. 1 (1): [i] - [ii], [1]-[3]-4-33-[34]-[36], 4pls

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])

McDunnough, 1944

Revision of the North American genera and species of the Phalaenid subfamily Plusiinae Mem. So. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2: 175-232, 6pls

Moore, 1881

Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Asiatic Nocturnal Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881 : 326-380, pl. 37-38

Oberthür, 1884

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

Osthelder in Osthelder & Pfeiffer, 1933

Lepidopteren-fauna von Marasch in Türkisch Nordsyrien Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 23: 45-102

Ottolengui, 1902

Plusia and allied genera with descriptions of new species J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 10 : 57-77, pl. 6-9

Püngeler, 1907

Neue palaearctische Macrolepidopteren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 19 (4) : 216-226

Rogenhofer in Rogenhofer & Mann, 1873

Neue Lepidopteren gesammelt von Herrn J. Haberhauer Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 23 : 569-574

Smith, 1904

New species of noctuids for 1904, no. 2 Psyche, 11 : 54-61

Standfuss, 1884

Lepidopterologisches Stettin Ent. Ztg 45 (4-6) : 193-209

Standfuss, 1892

Lepidopterologisches Mém. Lépid. 6 : 659-669, pl. 15

Staudinger, 1861

Catalog der Lepidopteren Europas und der angrendzenden Länder in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lep. (ed. 1): 1-192

Staudinger, 1861

Ueber einige neue und bischer verwechselte Lepidopteren Stettin Ent. Ztg 22 (7-9) : 287-293

Staudinger, 1882

Plusia beckeri Stgr., eine südrussische eule in der höheren theilen der Abruzzen entdect Ent. Nachr. 8 : 292-294

Staudinger, [1892]

Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren des paäarktischen Faunengebiets Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 4 (2) : 224-339, pl. 3-4 (1892)

Staudinger, 1896

Neu palaearktische Heteroceren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 9 (2) : 365-376, 400 (1897)

Varga & Ronkay, 1984

Zwei neue Plusiinae-Subspezies von der Balkanhabinsel (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Acta zool. Hung. 30 (1-2): 205-211

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