Chersotis andereggii is a moth of the family Noctuidae.Biolib
Subspecies Chersotis andereggii andereggi (Alps) Chersotis andereggii arcana (southern Finland, northern Estonia) Chersotis andereggii subtilis (Himalayas (Ladakh))
Description Chersotis andereggii has a wingspan of 29–32 mm. These relatively small moths are generally greyish-brown, with large dark orbicular and claviform markings.K Mikkola, J D Lafontaine, P Grotenfelt A revision of the Holarctic Chersotis andereggii complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Warren states ab. andereggii Boisd. of R. rectangula is darker, without the grey irroration, the lines not showing paler.Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
Biology Adults are on wing from the end of July to the first half of August. The larvae feed on Lychnis, Melilotus and Trifolium species.Funet
Distribution This species can be found in Europe (Bulgaria, East European Russia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland),Fauna europaea in the southern Urals, Turkey, north-western Iran, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kirghizia, the Altai Mountains, the Sayan Mountains, Baikal, Kamchatka, Mongolia, the Himalaya, the Alps.
Habitat These moths live in alpine meadows and steppe slopes.
Bibliography Erstbeschreibung: BOISDUVAL („1834“): Icones historique des lépidoptères d'Europe nouveaux ou peu connus 2: 1–192, pl. 47–84. Paris (Roret). COWAN, C. F. (1970): Boisduval's Icones Historiques des Lépidoptères d'Europe "1832" [-1841]. — Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5 (4): 291–302 HUEMER, P. (2013): Die Schmetterlinge Österreichs (Lepidoptera). Systematische und faunistische Checkliste. – 304 S. (Studiohefte 12); Innsbruck (Tiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.).
References
External links Noctuinae (Noctuidae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum Lepiforum