Hyphoraia aulica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Arctiini → subtribe Arctiina → genus Hyphoraia → species Hyphoraia aulica

Species name(s)

Hyphoraia aulica (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena aulica Linnaeus, 1758 = Hyphoraia aulica aulica. [9, 10]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky*; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Forewing length

16—18 mm.

Primary colors

Red, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

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Larva lifespan

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay , of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside,Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Tuva (?), South-West-Siberian, South Ural. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Fore wing length of 1.6 to 1.8 cm. The top of the wings of chocolate, with yellow spots (front) and red with black spots (rear). Males are brownish-yellow moth smaller than females. [5].

Imago lifespan

From late May to early July. In some years Hyphorala aulica can give and the second generation. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Plantago, Taraxacum, Achillea, Euphorbia, Potentilla, Hieracium. [28].
Kulbaba, hawkweed, yarrow. [5].

Larva lifespan

The larvae live from August to April of next year. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [5].

Subspecies of Hyphoraia aulica

Hyphoraia aulica aulica. [9]
H. a. meridialpina Daniel, 1939. [187]
H. a. testudinarioides (Sovinsky, 1905). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Igor Sakhno, Evgeny Komarov.

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
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[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
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org