UVA Blacklight (Sylvania) F15W / 350BL-T8
wild female:
subsequent captive development:
egg:
larva L1:
larva L2:
larva L3:
larva L4:
larva L5:
pupa:
adult:
dissected genitalia of a male (by Carlo Cabella):
Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)
Miskolctapolca, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
Dioszeghyana schmidtii (Diószeghy, 1935)
Miskolctapolca, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
The 'Hungarian Quaker' - its world distribution centres on the Carpathian basin; it was long thought to be a Pannonian bioregion endemic. The range of the species has since been shown to extend south into northern Greece and Turkey (Korompai 2006 and see www.macrolepidoptera.hu).
Korompai, T. (2006). A Ponto-Mediterranean speciality of Europe, the "Hungarian Quaker", Dioszeghyana schmidtii (Diószeghy, 1935) (formerly Orthosia schmidti) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). In: Rezbanyai-Reser, L., Kádár, M. and Schreiber, H. 3rd European Moth Nights, 27.4.-1.5.2006, a scientific evaluation (Lepidoptera:Macrolepidoptera).