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Theresimima ampellophaga (Bayle-Barelle, 1808)

Имаго  (Theresimima ampellophaga)

Taxonomy

class Insecta subclass Pterygota infraclass Neoptera superorder Holometabola order Lepidoptera superfamily Zygaenoidea family Zygaenidae subfamily Procridinae tribe Procridini genus Theresimima → species Theresimima ampellophaga

Species name(s)

Theresimima ampellophaga (Bayle-Barelle, 1808) = Theresia ampelophaga. [10, 11]

Vine Bud Moth.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:11810

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Wingspan

24—27 mm.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Имаго  (Theresimima ampellophaga)

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Theresia ampelophaga [11].

Distribution

  • Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Spain, Italy, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina ?, Vatican, Hungary, Greece (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland)?Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Crete, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, North Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Western Caucasus. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The front wings are dark bronze, shiny, rear fenders chemno brown. The wingspan of 24 to 27 mm. [11].

Imago lifespan

  • May and June. [11].

General info about Larva

  • The caterpillars devour the leaves and pupate between twisted leaves. [11].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Vitis. [28].
  • Grapes. [11].

Egg

  • Eggs are laid on the branches of the vine. [11].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Paolo Mazzei, Svetlana Karaeva.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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16.08.2014 14:03, Peter Khramov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 24—27 mm. Flight time: No formalized data → May, June.

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