Leucodonta bicoloria (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Notodontidae → subfamily Notodontinae → tribe Notodontini → genus Leucodonta → species Leucodonta bicoloria
Species name(s)
Leucodonta bicoloria (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Bombyx bicoloria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Shironia nivea Matsumura, 1925.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Wingspan
33—38 mm.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |

Detailed information with references
Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan: 33-38 mm. Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur, Average -Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya,Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Austria, Belarus, Belgium, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10]. Peter Khramov.
Lifespan
- June July Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Larva food plants
- Betula. [28]. Peter Khramov.
- Linden (Tilia), birch (Betula), oak (Quercus) Personal communication. Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Subspecies Leucodonta bicoloria
- L. b. albida (Boisduval, 1834).
- L. b. bicoloria (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775).
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vitaly Gumenuk, Svyatoslav Knyazev. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
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
- [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
- Vasiliy Feoktistov, personal communication
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