Drymonia ruficornis (Hufnagel, 1766)

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the 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), Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands,Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Kaliningrad, Mid-Volzhsky. [3].
• The area: the whole of Europe, in the north - to central Sweden. In the east the area reaches Japan itself, and in the South - to North Africa. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Length of front wing reaches 2.1 cm. A characteristic feature - 3 jagged black and white lines with a black spot in the shape of a crescent between the end of them. Males - long mustache comb. Do representatives f. lunula there is a noticeable white box. [5].

General info about Imago

• The butterfly inhabits dry deciduous-mixed forest, preferring oak, flying only a few hours a day, late at night, so, although it can not be called a very rare, the local name for it is unknown. [5].

Imago lifespan

• Imago Drymonia ruficornis flies from late April to mid-May. [5].

General info about Larva

• Hairless, elementary age light yellow, later - green with yellow stripes. Active at night, when fed on the upper side of leaves, the afternoon is hiding on the underside. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Quercus. [28].
• Oak leaves. [5].

Larva lifespan

• Since the end of May to June. [5].

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