Crimea, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova

The summer and warm autumn passed quickly, phenologically we are approaching winter
But the weather is good, the warm south wind brought as much as +17, followed by rain, so we decided with Vadim (Shchustov)to close the 2016 season, which we started in mid-February http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=526324&st=4100# We went to the Dnieper gully with a large bayrochny forest - Balchanskaya. The sun shone for 5 hours from 17 to 22.the temperature is 16-14. As a result, there are only 25 views.

Eriocottidae
Deuterotinea casanella xxx♂

Chimabachidae
Diurnea lipsiella xxx

Plutellidae
Plutella xylostella xx

Elachistidae
Depressaria sp. x

Pterophoridae
Amblyptilia ?acanthadactyla 1
Emmelina monodactyla 1

Tortricidae
Acleris rhombana xx

Geometridae
Colotois pennaria xxx
Agriopis bajaria xx
Erannis defoliaria x
Operophtera brumata xxx ♂ 1♀
Epirrita ?dilutata xx

Notodontidae
Ptilophora plumigera xx

Noctuidae
Amphipyra livida x
Allophyes oxyacanthae xxx
Diloba caeruleocephala xx
Agrochola litura 1
Agrochola macilenta x
Sunira circellaris x
Conistra rubiginosa 1
Lithophane ornitopus x
Griposia aprilina x
Polymixis trisignata x
Ulochlaena hirta 1
Agrotis segetum x

On November 5, he lured males of C. fiduciaria to a female, at a new point for himself. An exciting activity! It is interesting that they, like glassworms, are very difficult to notice just like that. Invisible butterfly. I've been trying to find them at this point for two years, arriving in the right weather for summer, but to no avail. Biotope seemed more or less suitable, and I assumed that there should be, but alas... And now I came with a female - and immediately flew in! At the same time, so to speak, by themselves flying males for the whole day and did not see a single one. Visible only directly during approach. They fly fast and are not noticeable against the background of dry grass. They're also shy.
At the end of the day, a larger and darker butterfly flew by, possibly a male U. hirta. In addition, I saw several flying casanella males during the day, and one female crawled on my sleeve.
From all this, I conclude that the species can be widely distributed on fragments of virgin steppes on the Kerch Peninsula, and perhaps throughout the entire south of Ukraine. But without a live female, it is almost impossible to see males. As for the females, they can only be bred from the caterpillars. But this is not easy to do.

To okoem

What kind of animal is C. fiduciaria ?

To okoem

What kind of animal is C. fiduciaria ?

ctrl+c any search engine ctrl+v if there is a butterfly in the pictures, you are lucky

To okoem

What kind of animal is C. fiduciaria ?

http://lepidoptera.crimea.ua/2200_Geometri..._fiduciaria.htm
http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Chondrosoma_Fiduciaria

  http://lepidoptera.crimea.ua/2200_Geometri..._fiduciaria.htm
http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Chondrosoma_Fiduciaria

Now I see. Thank you Volodya. Interesting little bird. Sinev does not have this type.

This post was edited by MIV-08.11.2016 23: 38

The summer and warm autumn passed quickly, phenologically we are approaching winter
But the weather is good, the warm south wind brought as much as +17, followed by rain, so we decided with Vadim (Shchustov)to close the 2016 season, which we started in mid-February http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=526324&st=4100#  We went to the Dnieper gully with a large bayrochny forest - Balchanskaya. The sun shone for 5 hours from 17 to 22.the temperature is 16-14. As a result, there are only 25 views...

Djon, what is flying there during daylight hours and can be seen without a flashlight?

I wonder if I read the post from my phone. which is not in the topic, although the last author is Nolik, and the post is not visible. Problems navigating to a new page. I hope it will appear. I answer his question.
Daytime butterflies are probably no longer there, before this warmth there were small night frosts. At the end of October, Vadim went there, from daytime without specific identification: golubyanka, zheltushka, belyanka. In general, Lemonia dumi flies there, if you get there in time.

Yesterday (28.12.2016) in Feodosia, in the city center, I saw a flying Admiral. True, it was hard for him to fly, because it was cold, the sun warmed up to barely +10.
In general, the whole of December is unusually cold, mostly "minus" and snow. Here and now the snow is blowing, everything is white...

08.03.17 I went to the Kherson region, to a gully in the west of Berislav to an oak forest plantation in order to search for moths. I didn't find them, and by the time I arrived (around 2 o'clock in the afternoon), a cold wind suddenly blew in and the whole sky was overcast. But I met someone.

08.03.17 I went to the Kherson region, to a gully in the west of Berislav to an oak forest plantation in order to search for moths. I didn't find them, and by the time I arrived (around 2 o'clock in the afternoon), a cold wind suddenly blew in and the whole sky was overcast. But I met someone.

But I managed to observe yazykana on March 8 in the city of Odessa. Circling the flower stand. Did the migrants arrive so early? Or did the local spend the winter somewhere?

But I managed to observe yazykana on March 8 in the city of Odessa. Circling the flower stand. Did the migrants arrive so early? Or did the local spend the winter somewhere?

In the Crimea, they definitely winter, why not spend the winter on the mainland? I saw it here in early April.

In the Crimea, they definitely winter, why not spend the winter on the mainland? I saw it here in early April.

Can only yazykans or other species of hawk moth spend the winter at the imago stage?

In the Crimea, they definitely winter, why not spend the winter on the mainland? I saw it here in early April.

I didn't know that they spend the winter in the Crimea. I always thought they'd freeze out. In this case, it is most likely wintered.

Can only yazykans or other species of hawk moth spend the winter at the imago stage?

We are talking about Ukraine. In my picture of the world, both the pupa and the butterfly hibernate at the yazykan. Everyone else has a pupa overwintering, not counting migrants, and we have 6 species of them. Two common ones are bindweed and ruled, two rare ones are death's head and oleander, and two hypothetical ones are big wine and alecto.

migrants do not spend the winter here.

08.03.17 I went to the Kherson region, I met someone.

Tortricodes alternella

We are talking about Ukraine. In my picture of the world, both the pupa and the butterfly hibernate at the yazykan.

Most likely, the yazykan (imago) winters only in the south of Ukraine, in the northern part the butterflies freeze out, as I have never seen them in the early spring.

3.03.17
roc. Fastov
didn't see any butterflies.

Amata sp.




10.03.2017
Fastovsky district, near the village of Trilesy.
Spring girls flew.
Well, Xanthomelas and Lemongrass fly.


Archiearis parthenias

I went to the Kharkiv Forest Park on 07.03.17 to open the season, and there is still snow almost everywhere. During the walk, there were almost no daytime butterflies, since there is snow everywhere, there are very few glades warmed up by the sun.

What I met:
Nymphalis xanthomelas - 1 exx.
Alsophila aescularia - 2 exx (males)
Agriopis marginaria - 1 exx (male)
Agriopis leucophaearia - 1 exx (male)
and some kind of female moth , I haven't determined yet, probably A. aescularia.

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and some kind of female moth , I haven't determined yet, probably A. aescularia.

 
and some kind of female moth , I haven't determined yet, probably A. aescularia.

Where was the female found?On the trunk, on the branches, on the ground?

Where was the female found?On the trunk, on the branches, on the ground?

On the fence
Although once I found a female aescularia on a tree on a cloudy day. It stood out quite clearly against the moss

and two hypothetical ones-bolshoy vinny and alecto.

Why is Alecto hypothetical? I myself personally caught it in Dagestan in the twenties of June, quite fresh, obviously not stray. And I know other people who were caught.

Why is Alecto hypothetical? I myself personally caught it in Dagestan in the twenties of June, quite fresh, obviously not stray. And I know other people who were caught.

We are talking about Ukraine. two hypothetical ones - bolshoy vinny and alecto.

In the twenties of June, there may already be a local generation of early migrants, or a migrant. Butterflies that fly in the spring give one or two generations of already native ones, but in winter they freeze out and start all over again.
Hypothetical-there are isolated indications of finds, but there is no stable migration like other species.
I forgot about the 7th Ukrainian migrant, also hypothetical-Hyles vespertilio.

He's in the Carpathians, isn't he?

Yes, but the last time was about 80 years ago in lit. and according to oral reports like there are more recent ones., the same as Hippotion celerio.

I also collected this seventh migrant in Dagestan, a whole series, but in a slightly different place.

By the way, it would be a good idea to subdivide your Leptidea: Nearby, in the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine there are both sinapis, so is reali. It's probably the same thing in Moldova.

Nope in Moldova everything is normal

The other day (15.03.17) I went for a walk in the Forest Park (Kharkiv). It was overcast, the temperature +7. I posted photos of the most interesting things that I managed to find that day.

Observations:
Alsophila aescularia - 1 exx (male)
Agriopis marginaria - 1 exx (female)
Lycia zonaria - 1 exx (male)

Pictures:

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22.03.2017. Kharkiv region, Dergachevsky district, Russian Lozovaya village area

http://barry.fotopage.ru/gallery/article.php?id=208

22.03.2017. Kharkiv region, Dergachevsky district, Russian Lozovaya village area

http://barry.fotopage.ru/gallery/article.php?id=208

What about Amata phegea (Linnaeus, 1758)? Who determined it?
The first nutcracker is Ampedus nigroflarvus, the last (Wet) is a different species

This post was edited by Liparus - 24.03.2017 20: 41

Shustov and I also succumbed to the spring rush, and we opened the season somewhat late.
We went to the island of Khortytsia in one of the steppe gullies with a powerful bayrachny forest, caught bait and a small screen. The result is more than the usual, small gentleman's set for us:
Noctuidae
Nycteola revayana 3
Conistra rubiginosa 1
Conistra veronicae 1
Lithophane ornitopus x
Xylena exsoleta x
Eupsilia transversa 3
Orthosia incerta xxx
Orthosia cerasi 1
Orthosia cruda xxx
Orthosia gothica 1
Anorthoa munda x

Geometridae
Alsophila aescularia xx
Biston strataria xx
Lycia hirtaria x
Apocheima hispidaria x
Agriopis leucophaearia xxx
Agriopis marginaria xx
Phigalia pilosaria x

Pterophoridae
Emmelina monodactyla

Tortricidae
Tortricodes alternella
Acleris ?kochiella

Elachistidae
Semioscopis sp.
Depressaria sp.

Djon, what does "xxx" or "x" mean?

In EMN accepted

x-1-5
ex xx--6-30
xxx-31-100
xxxx->100

All these Europeans through xxx.

xxxx - so many hornets to me and Gennady once flew into the world at the end of August in Lishnyagi.

In EMN accepted

x-1-5
ex xx--6-30
xxx-31-100
xxxx - >100

And I used to think that "x" is Roman numerals and so on, and I counted 10 copies.

EMN accepts
x-1-5 copies
xx--6-30
xxx-31-100
xxxx - >100

Yes, with a small correction:
from 1 to 5 digits
from 5 to 10 - x
10 - 30 and so on