Phyllodesma japonica (Leech, 1889)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Lasiocampoidea → family Lasiocampidae → subfamily Pinarinae → tribe Gastropachini → genus Phyllodesma → subgenus Phyllodesma → species Phyllodesma japonica

Species name(s)

Phyllodesma (Phyllodesma) japonica (Leech, 1889) = Phyllodesma japonicum (Leech, [1889]). [3, 10]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky*; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Latvia, Lithuania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Estonia. [1].
Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Estonia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, North-Western European, Central European, European south taiga, the Kaliningrad (?), The Lower Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Yakutia. [3].

Imago lifespan

April May. [PC93].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Willow (Salix), poplars (Populus), birch (Betula), oak (Quercus), Ash (Fraxinus) [PC93].

Subspecies of Phyllodesma japonica

Phyllodesma japonica amurensis De Lajonquière, 1963. [187]
P. j. arborea (Blocker, 1908). [10]
P. j. arboreum (Blöcker, 1908). [9]
P. j. sakhalinensis De Lajonquière, 1963. [187]
P. j. ussuriense de Lajonquiére. [9]
P. j. ussuriensis De Lajonquière, 1963. [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.

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
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov