Pseudohermonassa ononensis
Encyclopedia
Pseudohermonassa ononensis is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found in the southern Siberian Mountains
, Kyrghyzstan and Alaska
.
The length of the fore wings is about 16 mm.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found in the southern Siberian Mountains
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
, Kyrghyzstan and Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
.
The length of the fore wings is about 16 mm.
Subspecies
- Pseudohermonassa ononensis ononensis (Bremer, 1861) (southern Siberian Mountains)
- Pseudohermonassa ononensis scaramangae (Alpheraky, 1882) (Kyrghyzstan)