Synanthedon culiciformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Cossoidea → family Sesiidae → subfamily Sesiinae → tribe Synanthedonini → genus Synanthedon → species Synanthedon culiciformis
Species name(s)
Synanthedon culiciformis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Sphinx culiciformis Linnaeus, 1758 = Sphinx culex Retzius, 1783 = Aegeria lutescens Mosley, 1896.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:3016
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#2. Kolsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #29. Zapadno-Yakutsky; #32. Chukotsky; #40. Primorsky.

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]. Peter Khramov.
- Regions of the Russian Federation: European North-West, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Western Yakutia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, of Baikal, Seaside, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Chukotka, South West Siberian. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), 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]. Peter Khramov.
Lifespan
- May June Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Larva food plants
- Betula. [28]. Peter Khramov.
- Birch (Betula), alder (Alnus), poplar (Populus) Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Victor Titov, Andrey Ponomarev. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Main 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
- [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
- Vasiliy Feoktistov, personal communication
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