Craniophora ligustri (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Acronictinae → tribe Acronictini → genus Craniophora → species Craniophora ligustri

Species name(s)

Craniophora ligustri (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua ligustri Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Noctua litterata Panzer, 1804 = Noctua coronula Haworth, 1809 = Craniophora carbolucana Hartig, 1968. [9, 10]

The Coronet.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7019

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 5.

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; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

15—18 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Larva lifespan

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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, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, 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, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Nizhne-Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, South Kuril. [3].
Ареал — умеренная Европа. В Альпах на высотах до 800 м. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Длина переднего крыла от 1,5 до 1,8 см, темная окраска с легким зеленоватым налетом. Вид склонен к меланизму. [85].

General info about Imago

Claniophora ligustri летает по опушкам лиственно-смешанных лесов, над заливными лугами и дорогами, в парках. [85].

Imago lifespan

Дает два поколения — с мая до начала июля и с августа до сентября. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Ligustrum, Fraxinus. [28].
Бирючина. И ясень. [85].

Larva lifespan

Сентябрь—октябрь и июль. [85].

Overwintering stage

Зимует куколка. [85].

Subspecies of Craniophora ligustri

Craniophora ligustri carbolucana Hartig, 1968. [187]
C. l. gigantea Draudt, 1937. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Sergey Novitckiy.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

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)
[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