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Polychrysia Hübner, [1821]

Polychrysia Hübner, [1821]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (16): 251, TS: Noctua moneta Fabricius
Polychrisia ; Bethune-Baker, 1906, (missp.)
Polychrysia (Plusiini) ; [NACL, 130]
Polychrysia (Euchalciina) ; [MNA25.1, 66]; [NE10, 159, 209]

Misidentified/misapplied:

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

Polychrysia esmeralda (Oberthür, 1880)

Urals, Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Kamchatka, Kuriles, Korea, Sinkiang - Sichuan, S.Manitoba, S.Saskatchewan, Alberta, NW.British Columbia - Alaska. See [About maps] Plusia moneta var. esmeralda Oberthür, 1880; Étud. d'Ent. 5 : 85, TL: Askold
Polychrysia esmeralda, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Polychrysia esmeralda, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Polychrysia esmeralda ; [MNA25.1: 67, f. 1e, 22, pl. 1, f. 30-32, pl. C, f. 3, pl. K, f. 5]; [NE10, 159]

Larva on Delphinium [NE10, 212]

P. e. trabea (Smith, 1895)

Deva trabea Smith, 1895; Ent. News 6 (10): pl. 15, f. 16, TL: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

= Polychrysia esmeralda ; [MNA25.1, 67]

Deva trabea Smith, 1896; Ent. News 7 (1): 29 (descr.)
Polychrysia moneta trabea ; [NACL, #8901a]
Polychrysia esmeralda trabea ; [NE10, 159]

Polychrysia moneta (Fabricius, 1787)

EU, Asia Minor, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, NW.Iran. See [About maps] Rahayökkönen Golden Plusia
Noctua moneta Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 162, TL: Austria
Phalaena (Noctua) flavago Esper, 1787; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (34): pl. 112, f. 1 (preocc. Noctua flavago Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Phalaena (Noctua) argyritis Esper, 1791; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (42-44): 218, (34): pl. 112, f. 1 (as flavago)
Phalaena napelli Villers, 1789; Caroli Linn. Ent., 2: 275, pl. 5, f. 21 (noct 33), TL: France
Polychrysia moneta, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Polychrysia moneta, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Polychrysia moneta, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Polychrysia moneta, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Polychrysia moneta ; [NACL, #8901 (extralim.)]; [NE10: 210, pl. 14, f. 35-39, gen. 235, 302]

750x755 (~124Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 15.7.2006 © D. Smirnov	719x600 (~106Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 15.7.2006 © D. Smirnov	983x597 (~103Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 1.8.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov
500x598 (~54Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 31-5.8.1977, f 2.9.1972, Markku Savela leg.

Larva on Aconitum septentrionale, A. napellus, A. intermedium, Delphinium spp., D. grandiflorum, Trollius europaeus

Polychrysia morigera (H. Edwards, 1886)

W.Oregon, N.California, Montana - Colorado, Pennsylvania - Missouri, Tenessee, Mississippi. See [About maps] Deva morigera H. Edwards, 1886; Ent. Amer. 2 : 169, TL: Colorado, USA
Polychrysia morigera, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Polychrysia morigera, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Polychrysia morigera ; [NACL, #8902]; [MNA25.1: 68, f. 22, pl. 1, f. 33-36, pl. C, f. 4, pl. K, f. 6]; [NE10, 159]

Larva on Delphinium trolliifolium [MNA25.1, 68]

Polychrysia sica (Graeser, 1890)

Amur. See [About maps] Plusia sica Graeser, 1890; Berl. Ent. Zs. 35 (1) : 77, TL: Amurland, Raddefka
Polychrysia sica ; [NE10, 159]

Polychrysia splendida (Butler, 1878)

Japan, Ussuri. See [About maps] Deva splendida Butler, 1878; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 1 (3): 203, TL: Japan
Plusia intracta Staudinger, 1888; Stettin ent. Ztg 49 (7-9) : 262 (preocc. Plusia intracta Walker, 1858), TL: Vladivostok; Askold; Ussuri

= ; [NE10, 159]

Phytometra sachaliensis Matsumura, 1925; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 15 : 150, pl. 8, f. 21 (spell.?), TL: S. Sakhalin, Ichinosawa; Sakayehama

= ; [NE10, 159]

sachalinensis ; [POOLE, 824 (missp.?)]
Polychrysia splendida ; [NE10, 159]

1.8.2009 (9)

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.

[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

[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/

[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

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[POOLE]

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

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

Some related literature:

Butler, 1878

Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from Japan. Part II. Noctuites Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 1 (1): 77-85, (2): 161-169, (3): 192-204, (4): 287-295

Draudt, 1950

Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Agrotiden-Fauna Chinas. Aus den ausbeuten Dr. H. Höne's (Beitrag zur Fauna Sinica) Mitt. Münch. ent. Ges. 40 : 1-174, 18pls

H. Edwards, 1886

Apparently new forms of N. American Heterocera Ent. Amer. 2 : 165-171

Esper, 1787; Esper, 1791

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)

Graeser, 1890

Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren-Fauna des Amurlandes. IV Berl. Ent. Zs. 35 (1) : 71-84

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])

Leech, 1900

Lepidoptera Heterocera from Northern China, Japan, and Corea. Part III, IV Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1900 (1): 9-161, (4): 511-663

Matsumura, 1925

An ennumeration of the butterflies and moths from Saghalien, with descriptions of new species and subspecies J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 15 : 83-196, pl. 8-11

Oberthür, 1880

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

Smith, 1895; Smith, 1896

Descriptions of new species of Noctuidae Ent. News 6 (10): 332-340, pl. 15 (1895), 7 (1): 26-31 (1896)

Staudinger, 1888

Neue Noctuiden des Amurgebietes Stettin ent. Ztg 49 (7-9) : 245-283

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