Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Lasiocampoidea → family Lasiocampidae → subfamily Lasiocampinae → tribe Lasiocampini → genus Lasiocampa → subgenus Lasiocampa → species Lasiocampa quercus

Species name(s)

Lasiocampa (Lasiocampa) quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena quercus Linnaeus, 1758 = spartii Hübner, 1803 = roboris Schrank, 1801 = guillemotii Trimoulet, 1858 = viburni Guenée, 1858 = catalaunica Staudinger, 1871 = tenuata Fuchs, 1880 = lapponica Fuchs, 1880 = dalmatina Gerhard, 1882 = burdigalensis Gerhard, 1882 = subalpina Agassiz, 1900 = meridionalis Tutt, 1901 = agsutilinea Valle, 1930 = montana Bergmann, 1953 = scopolii Carnelutti & Michieli, 1960 = Lasiocampa altaica Grünberg 1911 = Lasiocampa angustilinea Valle 1930 = Lasiocampa catalaunica Staudinger 1871 = Lasiocampa curvata Tutt 1902 = Bombyx dalmatina Gerhard, 1882 = Lasiocampa defascia Bytinski-Salz 1939 = Lasiocampa doriai Rocci & Turati 1921/26 = Bombyx familiaris Newman, 1849 = Lasiocampa fasciarecedens Lempke 1960 = Lasiocampa feminicolorata Cockayne 1945 = Lasiocampa femini-colorata Niepelt 1907 = Lasiocampa feminicula Von Froreich 1942 = Bombyx fenestrata Gerhard, 1882 = Lasiocampa ferruginea Lambillion 1900 = Lasiocampa guillemotii Trimoul 1858 = Lasiocampa hastifera Stauder 1925 = Bombyx lapponica Fuchs, 1880 = Lasiocampa latovirgata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa lurida Cockayne 1951 = Lasiocampa macropuncta Lempke 1960 = Lasiocampa marginata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa meridionalis Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa montana Bergmann 1953 = Lasiocampa morleyi Cockayne 1951 = Lasiocampa oblivacea Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa obsoleta Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa ochracea-marginata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa ochracea-obsoleta Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa ochracea-semimarginata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa olivaceo-fasciata Cockerell 1889 = Lasiocampa poveyi Smith 1954 = Lasiocampa purpurascens Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa purpurascens-basipuncta Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa purpurascens-curvata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa purpurascens-latovirgata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa purpurascena-marginata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa purpurascena-semimarginata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa pusilla Dormal 1910 = Lasiocampa reversa Von Froreich 1942 = Lasiocampa roboris Schrank 1801 = Lasiocampa rufescens-marginata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa rufescens-semimarginata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa rufescens-virgata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa russica Grünberg 1911 = Lasiocampa scopariae Guenée 1868 = Bombyx scopariae Caradja, 1893 = Lasiocampa semifasciata Wagner 1919 = Lasiocampa semimarginata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa sicula Staudinger 1861 = Lasiocampa sicula-latovirgata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa sicula-marginata Tutt 1902 = Lasiocampa spadicea Wagner 1926 = Bombyx spartii Hübner, 1802/08 = Lasiocampa striata Von Froreich 1942 = Lasiocampa subalpina Agassiz 1900 = Bombyx tenuata Fuchs, 1880 = Lasiocampa viburni Guenée 1858 = Lasiocampa virgata Tutt 1902. [9, 10, 187]

Oak Eggar.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky*; #26. Predbaikalsky.

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

Forewing length

26—45 mm.

Wingspan

55—85 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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June

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August

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October

November

December

Larva lifespan

January

February

March

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September

October

November

December

Over-wintering stage

Larva.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland *, Ireland, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, USSR - European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia,Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland ), Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), 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-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay, of Baikal,North Urals, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva (?), South-West-Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Ареал — вся Европа и Альпы до зоны криволесья. Запад с средняя часть Сибири, Кавказ, Малая Азия. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Длина переднего крыла — от 2,6 до 4,5 см. Самец темно-коричневый, с желтой поперечной полосой на крыльях. Самка обычно не только светлее, но и крупнее, с желтой полосой. У обоих полов посередине переднего крыла расположено небольшое белое пятно в темном ободе. Вид образует множество географических форм. [85].

General info about Imago

Местообитания: старые дубовые и смешанные леса. Болота и верещатники. [85].

Imago lifespan

Дубовый коконопряд летает с конца июня до середины августа. [85].
Июль—август. [13].

General info about Larva

Серовато-бурые, с густым серо-желтым волосяным покровом и белой продольной полоской на каждом из боков. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Betula, Alnus, Salix, Populus tremula, Ribes, Rubus, Spiraea, Malus, Sorbus, Prunus, Trifolium, Calluna vulgaris, Vaccinium, Andromeda polifolia, Ledum palustre, Syringa, Lonicera xylosteum, Larix sibirica. [28].
Oak (Quercus), willow (Salix), raspberry (Rubus), broom (Cytisus), Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Bilberry (Vaccínium myrtíllus) [PC93].
Deciduous trees, such as oak, birch, blackthorn, and dereza. [85].

Larva lifespan

Гусеницы Lasiocampa quercus активны с сентября по май следующего года. [85].

Pupa

Окукливание происходит в крепком буром коконе, куколка дубового коконопряда черно-бурого цвета. [85].

Overwintering stage

Зимует гусеница. [85].

Subspecies of Lasiocampa quercus

Lasiocampa quercus alpina Frey, 1880. [187]
L. q. balcanoturcica de Freina, 1981. [9]
L. q. callunae Palmer, 1847. [187]
L. q. quercus. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

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
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[13] Ламперт К. Атлас бабочек и гусениц. Мн.: Харвест, 2003
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov