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Moma Hübner, [1820]: Moma Hübner, [1820]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (13): 203, TS: Phalaena alpium Osbeck (Noctua aprilina sensu Hübner, misident.)
Diphteramoma Berio, 1961; Mem. Soc. Ent. Italiana 40: 114, TS: Noctua orion Esper
Diphtherocome Warren, 1907; in Seitz, Grosschmett. Erde, 3: 11, TS: Diphthera pallida Moore

Moma alpium (Osbeck, 1778)

Harjuyökkönen Scarce Merveille du Jour Orion Seladon
Phalaena (Noctua) alpium Osbeck, 1778; Göthborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhället, 1: 52, pl. 1, f. 2, TL: Hasslöf
Phalaena (Noctua) orion Esper, 1791; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1 (42-44): 283, (35): pl. 118 (Noct. 39), f. 4-7
Moma orion var. murrhina Graeser, (1889) 1888; Entom. Zeitschrift, 32: 314, TL: Amurland, Chabarofka
Diphtera alpium f. designata Turati, 1923; Atti della Societa Italiana ..., 62: 45, pl. B, f. 7, TL: Modena, Sestola
Diphthera alpium subsp. kolthoffi Bryk, 1949; Arkiv för Zoologi, Band 41, part 1: 52, pl. 2, f. 9, TL: Kiangsu, Chinkiang Mountains
Moma alpium, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Moma alpium, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Moma alpium, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]

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748x687 (~110Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 15.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

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732x743 (~112Kb) Russia: Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 17.6.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

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500x277 (~25Kb) FINLAND: EH: Heinola mlk., 679:45, 18.7.1974, A. Järvelä leg.

Larva on Betula verrucosa, B. pubescens, Quercus robur, Sorbus aucuparia [SPRK]

27.7.2009 (1)

References:

[D. Smirnov]: Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[ESP]: Heppner, 1981; The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254
[HBN]: Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Ian Kimber]: http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/
[MBE]: Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[SPRK]: Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14
[SVF]: Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

Some related literature:

Berio, 1961: Faunula di Noctuidae della regione de Monte Penice negli Appennini Liguri Mem. Soc. Ent. Italiana 40: 65-140
Esper, 1791: 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)
Hübner, [1820]: Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

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