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Ethmia bipunctella (Fabricius, 1775)

Имаго (Ethmia bipunctella)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Gelechioidea → family Elachistidae → subfamily Ethmiinae → genus Ethmia → species Ethmia bipunctella

Species name(s)

Ethmia bipunctella (Fabricius, 1775) = Alucita bipunctella Fabricius, 1775 = Tinea echiella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = hochenwartiella (Rossi, 1790) = Psecadia bipunctelia Uffeln, 1938. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:3811

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

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

Forewing length

10—15 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

Имаго (Ethmia bipunctella)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - The European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), the Canary Islands, Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Macedonia, Malta,Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Finland, France (mainland), Cycladic Islands, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
  • Habitat: Central and South Europe to Asia Minor. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Length of front wing - from 1 to 1.5 cm, slender body shape, rounded, two black spots on white ... True Breast, belly yellowish. Painting the front wings - blackish-brown on top and white - at the bottom. Dark Zone comes on the bright spots square. Hind wings brownish. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Yellow-bellied chernotochechnaya mole flies through the upland meadows and southern slopes, found in gardens and parks. If only there was a caterpillar host plant nearby. Active at night. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Butterfly gives two generations - from April to June and from August to October. [5].

General info about Larva

  • The caterpillar is black, yellow and white pattern. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • It feeds only on the bruise (Echium vulgare). [5].

Larva lifespan

  • The first generation of caterpillars Ethmia bipunctella active from March to April, and the second - in July. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vlad Proklov, Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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