Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Noctuoidea Noctuidae Noctuinae

• Eurois occulta (Linnaeus, 1758) Europe - Siberia, Caucasus, C.Asia, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Korea, Japan, N.USA, Alaska, Alberta, Saskatchevan, Ontario, S.Canada, Newfoundland, New Yersey, Maryland, N.Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana, Oregon, Rocky Mountains, New Mexico, Arizona, California. See [maps] Iso maayökkönen Great Brocade Great Dart Graue Heidelbeereule

  • Phalaena (Noctua) occulta Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 514; TL: Europe
  • Hadena extricata Zetterstedt, [1839]; Insecta Lapponica: 939; TL: Lapponia
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84; [RFEL]
  • Polia prolixa Zetterstedt, [1839]; Insecta Lapponica: 941; TL: "Lappland"; Greenland
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84; [RFEL]
  • Polia puncticosta Zetterstedt, [1839]; Insecta Lapponica: 941; TL: Lapponia
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84; [RFEL]
  • Agrotis occulta ab. passetii Thierry-Mieg, 1886; Le Nat. 8 (30): 237; TL: Scotland
    • = ; [NACL], #10929; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Agrotis occulta ab. pallida Spuler, 1908; Schmett. Eur. 1: 165; TL: Europe
    • = ; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Agrotis occulta ab. coerulescens Meves, 1914; Ent. Tidskr. 35: 23; TL: Södertälje, Sweden
    • = ; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Eurois occulta f. grisea Hannemann, 1915; Int. Ent. Zs. 9 (8): 46; TL: Staussberg
    • = ; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Agrotis (Rhyacia) occulta ab. rectangularis Stephan, 1925; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 39: 20; TL: Friedrischsberg [Poland]
    • = ; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Rhyacia occulta var. nigra Metz, 1928; Int. Ent. Zs. 22: 52; TL: Wiessbaden, Germany
    • = ; [NE2]: 180, pl. 10, f. 12; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Agrotis occulta var. roseovirgata Dannehl, 1929; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 19 (5-9): 106; TL: Beuten; Gleiwitz; Striegau [Poland]
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Rhyacia occulta f. ichinosawana Matsumura, 1931; 6000 Illust. Insects Japan.-Empire: 841; TL: [Japan]
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84; [RFEL]
  • Eurois occulta f. fumea Corti & Draudt, 1933; Gross-Schmett. Erde (Suppl. 3): 88, pl. 10 row e; TL: Glatzer Mtns [Poland]
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84; [RFEL]
  • Eurois occulta f. tibetica Corti & Draudt, 1933; Gross-Schmett. Erde (Suppl. 3): 88, pl. 10 row e; TL: Tibet
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84; [RFEL]
  • Eurois occulta f. semiconfluens Lempke, 1939; Tijdschr. Ent. 82: 234; TL: Apeldoorn, Netherlands
    • = ; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Eurois occulta f. paradoxa Lempke, 1962; Tijdschr. Ent. 105: 225; TL: Dabbelo, Netherlands
    • = ; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Eurois occulta f. variegata Lempke, 1962; Tijdschr. Ent. 105: 225; TL: Dabbelo, Netherlands
    • = ; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Eurois occulta f. brunnescens Lempke, 1962; Tijdschr. Ent. 105: 225; TL: Breda, Netherlands
    • = ; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Eurois occulta f. juncta Lempke, 1962; Tijdschr. Ent. 105: 225; TL: Breda, Netherlands
    • = ; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84
  • Eurois occulta f. obsoleta Lempke, 1962; Tijdschr. Ent. 105: 225; TL: Dabbelo, Netherlands
    • = ; [NE2], 180; [MNA27.3], 84

  • Eurois occulta, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Eurois occulta, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
  • Eurois occulta, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
  • Eurois occulta, Pacific Northwest Moths [PNWM]
  • Eurois occulta, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Eurois occulta, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Eurois occulta; [NACL], #10929; [POOLE]; [NE2]: 180, pl. 10, f. 10-12; [NE3], 199; [MNA27.3], 83; [NACL93], #3560; [RFEL]

  646x738 (~105Kb) Russia: Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 28.6.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

  600x593 (~63Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 19-20.7.1975, f 3-7.7.1977, Markku Savela leg.

  Flight from latter half of June to August.

  Larva on Alnus incana, Salix sp., Populus tremula, Sedum telephium, Ribes sp., Rosa sp., Prunus padus, Lathyrus pratensis, Chamaenerion angustifolium, Vaccinium myrtillus, V. uliginosum, Thymus serpyllum

  • E. o. implicata (Lefebvre, 1836) Greenland

    • Hadena implicata Lefebvre, 1836; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 5: 394, pl. 10, f. 4; TL: Greenland
      • = Eurois occulta ; [POOLE]; [MNA27.3], 84; [RFEL]

    • Eurois occulta implicata; [NACL], #10929a; [NE2], 180 (note)
• Eurois astricta Morrison, 1875 New Hampshire, British Columbia - Alaska, Alberta - Quebec, South Dakota, . See [maps]

  • Eurois astricta Morrison, 1875; Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 17: 135; TL: New Hampshire
  • Peridroma astricta var. subjugata Dyar, 1904; Can. Ent. 36 (2): 31; TL: British Columbia, Kaslo
    • = ; [POOLE]; [MNA27.3], 85
  • Caradrina astricta elenae Barnes & Benjamin, 1926; Can. Ent. 58: 307; TL: Alaska, Ramparts
    • = ; [POOLE]; [MNA27.3], 85

  • Eurois astricta, Pacific Northwest Moths [PNWM]
  • Eurois astricta, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Eurois astricta, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Eurois astricta subjugata; [NACL], #10930a
  • Eurois astricta elenae; [NACL], #10930b
  • Eurois astricta; [NACL], #10930; [POOLE]; [MNA27.3], 85; [NACL93], #3561
• Eurois nigra (Smith, 1892) Yukon - British Columbia - California, W.Alberta, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona. See [maps]

  • Peridroma nigra Smith, 1892; Ent. News 3 (10): 252, pl. 10; TL: Colorado
  • Peridroma nigra Smith, 1894; 43; TL: Colorado
  • Caradrina nigra r. argni Barnes & Benjamin, 1927; Can. Ent. 59: 5; TL: California, Tuolumne Co., Tuolumne Meadows
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Eurois nigra, Pacific Northwest Moths [PNWM]
  • Eurois nigra, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Eurois nigra, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Eurois nigra argni; [NACL], #10931a
  • Eurois nigra; [NACL], #10931; [POOLE]; [MNA27.3], 86; [NACL93], #3562

• Eurois repugnans Walker, 1857 Hindostan

  • Eurois repugnans Walker, 1857; 751; TL: Hindostan

  • Eurois repugnans; [POOLE]; [NE2], 180 (note)
• Eurois inclusa Walker, 1865 Ceylon. See [maps]

  • Eurois ? inclusa Walker, 1865; 725; TL: Ceylon

  • Eurois inclusa; [POOLE]; [NE2], 180 (note)

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