Hemithea aestivaria Hübner, 1789

Имаго Hemithea aestivaria

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Geometrinae → tribe Hemitheini → genus Hemithea → species Hemithea aestivaria

Species name(s)

Hemithea aestivaria Hübner, 1789 = Phalaena (Geometra) aestivaria Hübner, 1789 = Phalaena (Geometra) strigata Müller, 1764 = Nemoria alboundulata Hedemann, 1879 = krajniki Komarek, 1950. [3, 9]

Common Emerald.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:14846

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #21. Severo-Yeniseisky*; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Forewing length

12—14 mm.

Primary colors

Green, 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

Over-wintering stage

Larva.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
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, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay , of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy,Primorye, Sakhalin, the North-Yenisei (?) Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Areal - Moderate Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing from 1.2 to 1.4 cm. Colour relatively dark, ranging from gray-green to brownish-green, sometimes with spots. Teeth on the rear wings clearly. [5].

General info about Imago

Places volley - sparse deciduous forests, parks and gardens, woods. [5].

Imago lifespan

Flight from late May to mid-August. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Crataegus, Prunus, Betula, Salix, Quercus, Tilia, Carpinus. [28].
Oak, turn and zhoster. [5].

Larva lifespan

Track Hemithea aestivaria live from August until the end of April. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Natalia Demchenko, Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

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
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012