Thera obeliscata (Hubner, 1787)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Larentiinae → tribe Cidariini → genus Thera → species Thera obeliscata
Species name(s)
Thera obeliscata (Hubner, 1787).
Grey Pine Carpet
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:5441
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky.
Wingspan
25—34 mm.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |

Detailed information with references
Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan: 25-34 mm. Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasian, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy , Mid-Amur,Middle-Volga, Urals Average, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland) Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania,Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10]. Peter Khramov.
Lifespan
- May - October Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Larva food plants
- Pinus, Picea, Juniperus. [28]. Peter Khramov.
- Pine (Pinus), spruce (Picea), Juniper (Juniperus) Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Subspecies Thera obeliscata
- T. o. pseudovariata Heydemann, 1933.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Nikolai Vladimirov, Svyatoslav Knyazev. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
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
- Vasiliy Feoktistov, personal communication
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