Phytometra viridaria (Clerck, 1759)

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
• Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland ), Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Seaside, Mid-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
• Disjunctive distribution in Europe (the locus istoda not above 2000 m). [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Front wing - up to 1 cm in length. Inside, in the root zone is a greenish-brown, close outwards - red-brown. [5].

General info about Imago

• Places volley - meadows, glades. [5].

Imago lifespan

• Red and green shovel gives two generations. The first generation: April-July. The second generation in August. In less-favored areas it provides only one generation. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Polygala vulgaris. [28].
• Istoda (Polygala). [5].

Larva lifespan

• Caterpillars live from August to September, and from June to July. [5].

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