Erannis defoliaria (Clerck, 1759)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Bistonini → genus Erannis → species Erannis defoliaria

Species name(s)

Erannis defoliaria (Clerck, 1759).

Mottled Umber.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:5046

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 8.

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.

Forewing length

15—20 mm.

Wingspan

35—45 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

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Larva lifespan

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Iceland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia,Romania, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, 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, Mid-Volzhsky. [3].
Ареал: лиственные леса Европы. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan: 35-45 mm.
Note: the wingspan of male (females are wingless). [PC93].
Длина переднего крыла самца составляет 1,5, а то и все 2 см. Сами крылья светло-бурые со светлым срединным полем и черным пятном посреди этого поля. Самки вовсе без крыльев. Туловище и ноги бабочек желтые с многочисленными черными точками. [85].

General info about Imago

Местообитания: лиственно-смешанные леса и схожие с ними сады/парки. [85].

Imago lifespan

October November [PC93].
Имаго Erannis defoliaria встречаются с конца сентября до начала декабря. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Salix, Betula, Quercus, Prunus, Crataegus, Alnus, Corylus, Malus, Rubus, Carpinus, Tilia, Lonicera, Sorbus, Ribes, Rosa. [28].
Лиственные и плодовые деревья. [85].

Larva lifespan

С мая по июль. [85].

Subspecies of Erannis defoliaria

Erannis defoliaria sichotenaria Kurentzov, 1937. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, 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
[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
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov