Hypomecis roboraria (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Boarmiini → genus Hypomecis → species Hypomecis roboraria

Species name(s)

Hypomecis roboraria (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Geometra roboraria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Boarmia roboraria. [5, 9, 10]

Great Oak Beauty.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 10.

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; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

20—25 mm.

Wingspan

42—65 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

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 			

Over-wintering stage

Larva.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Boarmia roboraria [5].

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland)Russia, Romania, Sicily ?, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), 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, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
The zone of deciduous forests throughout Europe and to Asia. Not in the extreme south of Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The length of the front wing - of 2 cm to 2.5 cm. [5].
Wingspan: 42-65 mm. [PC93].

General info about Imago

Fly through the mixed-deciduous forests, meadows, roadsides and edges, parks and gardens. [5].

Imago lifespan

Two generations from late May to late July and September. The second generation is often incomplete. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Quercus. [28].
Deciduous trees, especially oak (Quercus), elm (Ulmus) and ash (Fraxinus), less fruit trees. [5].
Oak (Quercus), birch (Betula), willow (Salix), Apple (Malus), alder (Alnus), beech (Fagus) [PC93].

Larva lifespan

From August to May. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [5].

Subspecies of Hypomecis roboraria

Boarmia roboraria amplaria Wileman, 1911. [187]
H. r. demonstrata Prout, 1917. [187]
H. r. displicens Butler, 1879. [187]
H. r. isabellaria (Staudinger, 1901). [9]
H. r. menetriesi (Staudinger, 1871). [9]
H. r. nipponica Inoue, 1955. [187]
H. r. roboraria. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Natalia Demchenko.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov, 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
[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
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov