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Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen, 1790)

Имаго (Drepana curvatula)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Drepanoidea → family Drepanidae → subfamily Drepaninae → genus Drepana → species Drepana curvatula

Species name(s)

Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen, 1790) = Phalaena curvatula Borkhausen, 1790 = knechteli Daniel, 1963. [9, 10]

Dusky Hook-tip.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:3050

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #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—16 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

Самец (Drepana curvatula)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia. [1].
  • Austria, Belarus, Belgium, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland,France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin , Mid-Amur,Middle-Volga, Urals Average, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
  • The range of this species - Western and Central Europe, part of Northern Europe, in the east - to Japan. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Length of front wing - 1.4-1.6 cm. Sami wings rusty-brown, with barely discernible pattern to them. Males are smaller than females in size and have a comb usiki.Shozhy view -Drepana falcataria- characterized by a slightly larger size and the presence of two middle spots on the wings. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Alder serpokrylka flies in the marsh alder. In floodplains, if they are rich alder mixed with birch. Willingly flying to the light. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Two generations Drepana curvatula occur from late April to mid-July and from early July to late August. [5].

General info about Larva

  • The place where the caterpillars feed on or just relax, they carefully cover arachnoid roof. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Betula, Alnus, Salix, and sometimes Quercus. [28].
  • Black and gray alder, birch warty (in all three cases, with a preference for young trees) and "stool shoots on the cuttings." [5].

Larva lifespan

  • Caterpillar: August-September and July. [5].

Subspecies of Drepana curvatula

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Nikolai Vladimirov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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