Melanchra

Melanchra Hübner, [1820]

Melanchra Hübner, [1820]; 207; TS: Phalaena persicariae Linnaeus

Melanchra; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Melanchra (Hadeninae); [POOLE]; Yoshimoto, 1995, Tinea 14 (suppl. 2): 70
Melanchra (Hadenini); [NACL], 148; [NACL93], 90; [RFEL]; [FE]
Melanchra (Mamestrina); [NE4], 18; [PLANTE1], 69 (list)

Melanchra persicariae (Linnaeus, 1761)

EU, ..., Korea, Japan. See [maps] Flohkrauteule Täplätarhayökkönen Dot

Phalaena (Noctua) persicariae Linnaeus, 1761; 319; TL: Sweden
Phalaena sambuci Hufnagel, 1766; 308; TL: Berlin region
- = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
Phalaena graphica Geoffroy, 1785; 295; TL: Paris
- = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
Phalaena (Noctua) accipitrina Esper, 1788; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (36-37): pl. 129, f. 4 (Noct. 50); TL: Leipzig region
- = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
Phalaena (Noctua) accipitrina Esper, 1796; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 2 (Abs. 1) (48): 393
Mamestra persicariae unicolor Staudinger, 1781
- = ; [RFEL]
Polia persicariae ab. ochrorenis Kardakoff, 1928; Ent. Mitt. 17 (8): 419, pl. 9, f. 2
Polia persicariae japonibia Bryk, 1942; 42; TL: Kurile Islands, Karinzawa
- = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]

Mamestra persicariae; [SPRK], 54
Melanchra persicariae japonibia; [LepIndex]
Melanchra persicariae minorita; [iNaturalist]
Melanchra persicariae unicolor; [iNaturalist]
Melanchra persicariae; [POOLE]; [NE4], 18, 68; [RFEL]; [PLANTE1], 69 (list), pl. 111, f. 30-34; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]

511x612 (~63Kb) Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Illingen, Bergweg (8°53'E, 48°58'N, 285m), 16.05.2000 (ex ovo), Photo © Karl Hofsäß	450x625 (~56Kb) larva Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schönenberg, Röhricht (8°49'E, 48°57'N, 220m), 09.09.1999 (on Urtica dioica), Photo © Karl Hofsäß	680x430 (~57Kb) larva Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Illingen, Bergweg (8°53'E, 48°58'N, 285m), 31.07.1999 (ex ovo), Photo © Karl Hofsäß
600x652 (~92Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 15.7.2006 © D. Smirnov	800x600 (~82Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 15.7.2006 © D. Smirnov	635x700 (~103Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 13.7.2006 © D. Smirnov
731x727 (~111Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 19.6.2010 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov	500x540 (~41Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:539, m 2-6.7.1972, f 3.7.1973, Markku Savela leg.

M. p. cypriaca Hacker & Wimmer, 1990 Cyprus

Melanchra persicariae cypriaca Hacker & Wimmer, 1990; Neue Ent. Nachr. 27: 447; TL: Cyprus, Paphos

Melanchra persicariae cypriaca; [NE4], 68; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Melanchra postalba Sugi, 1982

Japan, Korea, China (Heilonjiang, ...). See [maps]

Melanchra postalba Sugi, 1982; 702, pl. 173, f. 11-12; TL: Japan, Honshu, Gumma Pref., Minaskami, Yubiso

Melanchra postalba; [POOLE]; Kononenko, 1998, Japan Heterocerists' J. 198: 388; [NE4], 68; [RFEL]; [PLANTE1], 69 (list), pl. 111, f. 35-37; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Melanchra granti Warren, 1905 Azores

Melanchra granti Warren, 1905; 440; TL: Azores, Caso do Pico
Mamestra freyi Rebel, 1938; ; TL: Azors, Pont Delgada, San Miguel
- = ; [NE4], 68

Graphania granti; [POOLE]
Melanchra granti; [NE4], 18, 68; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

The NA species-group

Melanchra adjuncta (Boisduval, 1852)

New York, .... See [maps]

Mamestra adjuncta Boisduval, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 199; TL: New York
Mamestra adjuncta Guenée, 1841; 243 (nom. nud.)
Acronycta declarata Walker, 1856; 61; TL: Canada
- = ; [NACL], #10292; [POOLE]
benjamini (Lemmer, 1937)
- = ; [NACL], #10292

Melanchra adjuncta; [NACL], #10292; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2874; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[ESP] :ESP#c Heppner, 1981
[FE] Fauna Europaea
Fauna Europaea
[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
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[JHS]
Japan Heterocerits's Society; (Back Issues); Tinea vols 10-20
[Karl Hofsäß] Karl Hofsaess
e-mail: Karl Hofsäß
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[PNWM]
Pacific Northwest Moths
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[ZOOKEYS]
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Boisduval in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Cinquiéme. Noctuélites. Tome 1 Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1) : 1-407, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 1-24 (1858)
Esper, 1788
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, 1796
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)
Hacker & Wimmer in Hacker, 1990
Die Noctuidae Vordeasiens (Lepidoptera) Neue Ent. Nachr. 27 : 1-707
[NE4]; Hacker, Ronkay & Hreblay, 2002
Noctuidae Europaeae 4 (Hadeninae I) Noct. Eur. 4
Yoshimoto in Haruta, 1995
Moths of Nepal 4 Tinea 14 (suppl. 2) : 1 (Horie,Yazaki), : 2-27 (Yazaki), : 28-37 (Sato), : 38-48 (Kishida), : 49-88 (Yoshimoto), : 89 (Haruta), : 90-118 (Sugi), : 119-139 (Inoue), : 140-147 (Nakajima), : 148-149 (Sakurai), : 150-181 (Robinson), : 182-193 (Yamanaka), : 194-206 (Arita & Gorbunov), : pl. 97-128
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Kardakoff, 1928
Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren des Ussuri-Gebietes Ent. Mitt. 17 (4): 261-273, (8): 414-425
Kononenko, 1998
New or little known species of the Noctuidae from China Japan Heterocerists' J. 198 : 383-390
[NACL93]; Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010
Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico ZooKeys 40 : 1-239
[PLANTE1]; Landry, 2020
La collection Jacques Plante de Noctuidae. Première partie. Noctuinae et Hadeninae Mém. Soc. phys.-hist. nat. Genéve 49 (1) : 1-340
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
[POOLE]; Poole, 1989
Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series) 118: Noctuidae Lepid. cat. (n.s.) 118:
[SPRK]; Seppänen, 1970
Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit Animalia Fennica 14

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