Miltochrista miniata (Forster, 1771)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Lithosiini → subtribe Nudariina → genus Miltochrista → species Miltochrista miniata

Species name(s)

Miltochrista miniata (Forster, 1771) = Phalaena miniata Forster, 1771 = Bombyx rosea Fabricius, 1775 = Noctua rubicunda Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Calligenia crogea Bignault, 1880 = virginea Delahaye, 1896 = flava Meyer, 1906 = deleta Höfer, 1924 = destrigata Dannehl, 1928 = nigricirris Lucas, 1959 = intermedia Lempke, 1961 = intensa Lempke, 1961 = mosbacheri Roesler, 1967. [9, 10]

Rosy Footman.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

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; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

14—15 mm.

Wingspan

24—32 mm.

Primary colors

Red, Yellow, 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 			

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France , Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin , Mid-Amur,Middle-Volga, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
The area - the whole of Europe to southern Scandinavia in the north. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - only 1.5 cm. Glowing light pink with a golden color of the wings and a thin black figure to them. [5].
Wingspan: 24-32 mm. [PC93].

General info about Imago

Butterfly water-loving, flies through the floodplain and swamp forests, deciduous-mixed forest (wet areas). Active at night. [5].

Imago lifespan

From mid-June to mid-August. [5].

General info about Larva

Hatched larvae begin to feed on in the fall. They overwinter under lichen. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Lichens. [28].
Forage plants autumn young caterpillars are lichens and ripe spring - oak, birch and honeysuckle. [5].

Larva lifespan

Caterpillar Miltochrista miniata will live from August to June. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [5].

Subspecies of Miltochrista miniata

Miltochrista miniata mosbacheri Roesler, 1967. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Natalia Demchenko, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species 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
[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