Hypomecis punctinalis (Scopoli, 1763)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Boarmiini → genus Hypomecis → species Hypomecis punctinalis

Species name(s)

Hypomecis punctinalis (Scopoli, 1763) = turcaria (Fabricius, 1775) = consortaria (Farbicius, 1787) = pseudopunctinalis Wehrli, 1932 = Boarmia punctinalis. [5, 9, 10]

Pale Oak Beauty.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Boarmia punctinalis [5].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France , Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland)Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay , of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside,Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
Moderate Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing from 2.2 to 2.4 cm. The color white and gray with brownish. Both wings of the spot in the form of a half moon with a dark outline. The top of the front wing is not yellow. [5].

General info about Imago

Moths fly in the gardens and parks, sparse deciduous forests, flood meadows. Day of rest in shelters. [5].

Imago lifespan

From late April until the end of June. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Quercus, Betula. [28].
Oak, beech, birch, as well as fruit trees and conifers. It prefers young shoots. [5].

Larva lifespan

From May to August. [5].

Subspecies of Hypomecis punctinalis

Hypomecis punctinalis conferenda (Butler, 1878). [9]
H. p. grisearia (Bartel, 1902). [9]
H. p. kerstinae (Fischer & Lewandowski, 2004). [10]
H. p. marginata (Herz, 1905). [9]
H. p. punctinalis (Scopoli, 1763). [10]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Sergey Talanov, Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012