Cerura erminea (Esper, 1783)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Notodontidae → subfamily Notodontinae → tribe Dicranurini → genus Cerura → subgenus Apocerura → species Cerura erminea
Species name(s)
Cerura (Apocerura) erminea (Esper, 1783) = Phalaena (Bombyx) erminea Esper, 1783. [9, 10]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8315
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; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
25—28 mm.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Larva lifespan
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Tuva, South West Siberian,South Ural. [3].
- Ареал — Европа.. [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Длина переднего крыла составляет до 2,8 см. Фоновым цветом крыльев служит, как это ни странно, белый, да и брюшко тоже белое, в том числе и с нижней стороны (в отличие от гарпии большой, у которой низ брюшка бледно-серый). [85].
General info about Imago
- Белую гарпию можно встретить на заливных лугах, а также в тополевых аллеях и парках. Встречается реже большой гарпии. [85].
Imago lifespan
- С середины мая до начала июля. [85].
General info about Larva
- Строит кокон «из откусанных и измельченных кусочков дерева». [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Populus. [28].
- Ива и тополь. [85].
Larva lifespan
- Гусеница Cerura erminea водится в июле и августе. [85].
Subspecies of Cerura erminea
- Cerura erminea erminea (Esper, 1783). [10]
- C. e. teberdina Kornejev, 1939. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Irina Nikulina, Andrey Ponomarev. 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
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