Svensson's copper underwing
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| name = Svensson's copper underwing
| image = Amphipyra berbera.jpg
| image2 = Amphipyra berbera2.jpg
| taxon = Amphipyra berbera
| authority = Rungs, 1949
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File:Amphipyra berbera - Svenssons Pyramideneule 03 (HS).jpg
Svensson's copper underwing (Amphipyra berbera) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Charles E. Rungs in 1949. It is distributed throughout Europe including Russia east to the Urals.
This species has a wingspan of 47–56 mm, the female usually larger than the male. The forewings are brown, marked with pale fascia and a dark-centred pale stigma. The hindwings are bright copper-coloured. This species is very similar to the copper underwing (Amphipyra pyramidea) but can usually be distinguished by the pattern on the underside of the hindwings: A. pyramidea has a pale central area, contrasting strongly with darker margins; A berbera is much more uniformly coloured. See Townsend et al.Martin C. Townsend, Jon Clifton and Brian Goodey (2010). [https://butterfly-conservation.org/uploads/Difficult_species_guide_page_70.pdf British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species]. (covering the use of genitalia characters and other features) Butterfly Conservation.
A. berbera flies at night from July to September{{efn|The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.}} and is attracted to light and strongly to sugar.
The larva feeds on a range of trees and shrubs (see list below). The species overwinters as an egg.
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Recorded food plants
- Acer – sycamore maple
- Carpinus – hornbeam
- Populus – aspen
- Quercus – oak
- Rhododendron
- Salix – willow
- Sorbus – rowan
- Syringa – lilac
- Tilia – lime{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Gaden S. |last2=Ackery |first2=Phillip R. |last3=Kitching |first3=Ian J. |last4=Beccaloni |first4=George W. |last5=Hernández |first5=Luis M. |date=2010 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants |title=Search the database - introduction and help |website=HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}
- Wisteria – Wisteria sinensis
Notes
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References
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- {{cite book |last=Chinery |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Chinery |date=1991 |title=Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe}}
- {{cite book |last=Skinner |first=Bernard |authorlink=Bernard Skinner (entomologist) |date=1984 |title=The Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles}}
External links
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- {{cite web |last=Kimber |first=Ian |url=https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/amphipyra-berbera/ |title=73.063 BF2298 Svensson's Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera Fletcher, 1968 |website=UKMoths |accessdate=23 October 2019}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140514012707/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=449278 Fauna Europaea]
- {{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=28 July 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/amphipyrinae/amphipyra/#berbera |title=Amphipyra berbera Rungs, 1949 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=23 October 2019}} Taxonomy
- [http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Amphipyra_Berbera Lepiforum e.V.] Includes photo of genitalia.
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Category:Moths described in 1949
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