Nemophora metallica (Poda, 1761)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Adeloidea → family Adelidae → subfamily Adelinae → genus Nemophora → species Nemophora metallica

Species name(s)

Nemophora metallica (Poda, 1761).

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:2718

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#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.

Forewing length

8—9 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Larva lifespan

 					January 					February 					March 					April 					May 					June 					July 					August 					September 					October 					November 					December 			

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Central and Western Europe, parts of South-Eastern Europe. [5].
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - 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), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, 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, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Karelia, Mid-Volzhsky. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The length of the front wing - from 0.8 to 0.9 cm, front fenders golden-brown metallic luster. The hind wings are almost the same, but with a long fringe. Long antennae are used for braking while lowering the air. [5].

General info about Imago

The butterfly is found in wet meadows and riparian forests along the edges. Often one can observe formation flights. Day. [5].

Imago lifespan

From June to August. [5].

General info about Larva

First caterpillars live on flowers, and later - near the ground. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Cornflower with scabiosa and other Asteraceae plants. [5].

Larva lifespan

From August to May. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Irina Nikulina.

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
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)