Autographa jota (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: July 3, 2022, 10:29 a.m.
A rather rare species throughout Belgium. Numbers vary much over the years.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Plusiinae > Tribus: Plusiini > Genus: Autographa > Species: Autographa jota
- Vernacular names
- Jota-uil (NL), Plain Golden Y (EN), Le Iota (FR), Jota-Silbereule (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 14 (as Plusia iota). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 38–46 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as a larva among plant debris.
Pupates in a cocoon formed on the underside of a leaf of the food plant.
The adults are active from dusk and later come to light and sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from mid May till the end of July in one generation.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Heracleum sphondylium
- Host plant (genera):
- Urtica, Lonicera and Lamium
- Substrates:
- Herbaceous plants and Deciduous trees
The larva lives on various herbaceous plants, like: Urtica dioica, Lamium, Lonicera and Heracleum sphondylium.
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