Furcula furcula (Clerck, 1759)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Notodontidae → subfamily Notodontinae → tribe Dicranurini → genus Furcula → species Furcula furcula
Species name(s)
Furcula furcula (Clerck, 1759) = Phalaena furcula Clerck, 1759 = fuscinula (Hübner, 1803) = Furcula salicis Lamarck, 1816 = alpina Vorbrodt & Müller-Rutz, 1911 = atlantica (Daniel, 1965) = Furcula lanigera Butler, 1877 = Furcula furcula ajatar (Schilde, 1874) = Furcula furcula forficula (Fischer v. Waldheim, 1820) = Furcula furcula furcula (Clerck, 1759) = Furcula furcula fuscinula (Hubner, 1800). [9, 10, 122]
Sallow Kitten.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 2.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #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; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
15—17 mm.
Wingspan
34—37 mm.
Primary colors
Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
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
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 of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands,Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, 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, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelia, Kola, Nizhne-Amur , Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy,Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Tuva, South Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
- The area - Europe, but not the most northerly. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Length of front wing does not exceed 1.7 cm. The rear edge of the front wing has no explicit "cloves". FromFurcula bifidaare smaller, and fromFurcula bicuspis- lighter median band. [5].
- Wingspan: 34-37 mm. [PC93].
General info about Imago
- Butterfly caught in mixed forests, marshes and other clearings. [5].
Imago lifespan
- C mid-May to early July. [5].
- May - August [PC93].
General info about Larva
- The caterpillar builds a cocoon, which would later spend the winter doll. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Populus, Betula, Salix, Fagus. [28].
- In the northern part of the area birch, in the south - oak and beech. [5].
Larva lifespan
- Furcula furcula caterpillar lives from July to September. [5].
Overwintering stage
Subspecies of Furcula furcula
- Furcula furcula atlantica Daniel, 1965. [187]
- F. f. intercalaris (Grum-Grshimailo, 1899). [9]
- F. f. nordlandica Daniel, 1965. [187]
- F. f. occidentalis Lintner, 1878. [187]
- F. f. pseudobicuspis Daniel, 1938. [187]
- F. f. pulvigera (Staudinger, 1901). [9]
- F. f. sangaica (Moore, 1877). [9]
- F. f. songuldakensis Daniel, 1938. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Sergey Novitckiy. 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
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