Apoda limacodes (Hufnagel, 1766)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Zygaenoidea → family Limacodidae → subfamily Limacodinae → genus Apoda → species Apoda limacodes

Species name(s)

Apoda limacodes (Hufnagel, 1766) = Phalaena limacodes Hufnagel, 1766 = Phalaena avellana Linnaeus, 1758 = Bombyx testudo Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Phalaena funalis Donovan, 1794 = Cochlidion limacodes. [9, 10, 11]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 6.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny*; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky.

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

Forewing length

11—13 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, 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

Over-wintering stage

Pupa.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Cochlidion limacodes [11].

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia,Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-West (?), The European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Mid-Volzhsky, South Ural. [3].
Woodlouse spread throughout Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - 1.1-1.3 cm, the males are smaller than females. The abdomen is thicker, the color of the wings may vary from dark brown to dark yellow, two wings darker lines. [5].

General info about Imago

Flight in oak and beech forests. [5].

Imago lifespan

From May to July. [5].

General info about Larva

Caterpillars move imperceptibly sliding movements (like snails or slugs), have blyushnyh feet. Thoracic legs barely developed. "At the time of hatching it is very tender, juicy and colorless," but almost immediately appear on it challenging spikes that before were hidden in holes. Later thorns will turn into mere projections. [11].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Oak. Beech. [5].

Larva lifespan

From July to September. [5].

Overwintering stage

It hibernates in the pupal stage. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Evgeny Komarov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

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)
[11] Жизнь животных по А. Э. Брему. Т.2: Членистоногие. М.: Учпедгиз РСФСР, 1941