Theresimima ampellophaga (Bayle-Barelle, 1808)
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.
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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 |
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
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
- [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
- [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
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
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