Pseudopanthera macularia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Epionini → genus Pseudopanthera → species Pseudopanthera macularia
Species name(s)
Pseudopanthera macularia (Linnaeus, 1758) = Geometra quadrimaculata Hatchett, 1807.
Speckled Yellow
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:5180
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #29. Zapadno-Yakutsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky.
Primary colors
Orange, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Finland France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Regions of the Russian Federation: European Southern Taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Western Yakutia, Krasnoyarsk, South Yakutia. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)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.
- Kazakhstan Personal communication. Alexander Belousov.
Lifespan
- May June- Personal communication. Alexander Belousov.
Larva food plants
- Lamium, Mentha, Stachys, Teucrium. [28]. Peter Khramov.
Subspecies Pseudopanthera macularia
- P. m. macularia (Linnaeus, 1758).
- P. m. meridionalis (Galvagni, 1908).
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Aleksey Gnilenkov, Irina Nikulina. Text data: Peter Khramov, Alexander Belousov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
Color 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
- Alexander Belousov, personal communication
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