Notodonta tritophus (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Notodontidae → subfamily Notodontinae → tribe Notodontini → genus Notodonta → species Notodonta tritophus

Species name(s)

Notodonta tritophus (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Bombyx tritophus Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Phalaena phoebe Siebert, 1790 = magnifica Rangnow, 1935 = ochracea Forster & Wohlfahrt, 1960. [9, 10]

Three-humped Prominent.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #27. Pribaikalsky.

Forewing length

24—27 mm.

Wingspan

46—54 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Over-wintering stage

Pupa.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg , Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania,Sicily, 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, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Prealtay, Pribaikalskiy, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Habitat: moderate Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing reaches 2.7 cm, and therefore, larger butterfly like herNotodonta dromedarius. In addition, our species has a black stripe and a white bar on the edge of the front wing and rear wings - white, with a black spot. [5].

General info about Imago

Notodonta tritophus inhabits riparian forests and parkland. And on the banks of reservoirs, beechwood. [5].

Imago lifespan

From April to June, the first generation of flies, from June to July - the second. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Populus, Salix, Betula. [28].
Aspen, willow and birch, poplar. [5].

Overwintering stage

Winters have light brown Corydalis doll, on the ground. [5].

Subspecies of Notodonta tritophus

Notodonta tritophus irfana (de Freina, 1983). [9]
N. t. phoebe (Siebert, 1790). [10]
N. t. tiefi (Bartel, 1903). [10]
N. t. tritophus (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775). [10]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

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