Aplocera plagiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Larentiinae → tribe Chesiadini → genus Aplocera → species Aplocera plagiata
Species name(s)
Aplocera plagiata (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Geometra) plagiata Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena duplicata Fabricius, 1775 = Phalaena terlineata Goeze, 1781 = Phalaena triplicata Geoffroy, 1785 = Anaitis plagiaria Boisduval, 1840 = Anaitis scotica Richardson, 1952. [9, 10]
Treble-bar.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 2.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.
Forewing length
18—20 mm.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Larva lifespan
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia , Cycladic Islands, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, South Ural. [3].
- Ареал — умеренная и теплая Европа. [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Длина переднего крыла 2 см, окрас сероватый или голубовато-буроватый, здесь же три характерные поперечные полосы с темным окаймлением. Задние крылья одноцветные коричневатые. [85].
General info about Imago
- Бабочек можно встретить в садах и на открытых склонах, по опушкам леса и заливным лугам, в относительно нехолодных местах. [85].
Imago lifespan
- May - September [PC93].
- Две генерации — с мая по июль и с июля до начала октября. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Hypericum. [28].
- Зверобой. [85].
Larva lifespan
- Гусеница: с сентября по апрель и в июле. [85].
Overwintering stage
- Зимует гусеница второго поколения. [85].
Subspecies of Aplocera plagiata
- Aplocera plagiata cypria Prout, 1937. [187]
- A. p. hausmanni (Exposito Hermosa, 1998). [10]
- A. p. plagiata (Linnaeus, 1758). [10]
- A. p. scotica Richardson, 1952. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Eugene Davkaev, Andrey Ponomarev. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
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
- [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
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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