Parasemia plantaginis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Arctiini → subtribe Arctiina → genus Parasemia → species Parasemia plantaginis

Species name(s)

Parasemia plantaginis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena plantaginis Linnaeus, 1758 = Paramemia subalpina Schawerda, 1906. [9, 10]

Wood Tiger.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #21. Severo-Yeniseisky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #29. Zapadno-Yakutsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #35. Sredne-Okhotsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

18—20 mm.

Primary colors

Red, 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

Larva.

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, Finland, France , Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, 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 European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Western Yakutia, Kaliningrad, Kamchatsky, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk,Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North-Yenisei, North Okhotsk Sea, the North-Ural, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Average Okhotsk, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Habitat: Europe, mostly in the mountains. In the Alps - up to 3000 m. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - up to 2 cm. Appearance similar to theArctia caja, but are smaller. View very, very strongly is variable.The hind wings are white and black, but can - red and black, there is also a yellow and black pattern, and in one population can meet various forms, and moreover, a place to be a difference between the sexes - the rear wings of the females are always red and males - yellow or white. [5].

General info about Imago

Places volley: hills and meadows with swamps, wet forest edges so glade. Moths fly in the afternoon. [5].

Imago lifespan

From June to mid-July. [5].

General info about Larva

After hatching, the larvae of the summer will linger on for long, preferring to get away for the winter and maintain a passive way of life before the onset of spring. Track Parasemia plantaginis densely hairy, the hairs have red (caterpillars are poisonous). When you shake fodder plant fall down. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Polygonum, Rumex, Vaccinium, Plantago, Betula. [28].
Plantain, sometimes Dandelion and sorrel. [5].

Larva lifespan

The caterpillar lives from August to May. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar overwinters. [5].

Subspecies of Parasemia plantaginis

Parasemia plantaginis araitensis Matsumura, 1929. [9]
P. p. carbonelli de Freina, 1993. [9]
P. p. caspica (Daniel, 1939). [9]
P. p. caucasica Ménétriés, 1832. [9]
P. p. floccosa (Graeser, 1888). [9]
P. p. hesselbarthi de Freina, 1981. [9]
P. p. interrupta Schawerda, 1910. [9]
P. p. jezoensis Inoue, 1976. [9]
P. p. kunashirica Bryk, 1942. [9]
P. p. macromera (Butler, 1881). [9]
P. p. melanissima Inoue, 1976. [9]
P. p. melanomera (Butler, 1881). [9]
P. p. nycticans (Ménétriés, 1859). [9]
P. p. paramushira Bryk, 1942. [9]
P. p. petrosa (Walker, 1855). [9]
P. p. plantaginis. [9]
P. p. sachalinensis Matsumura, 1927. [9]
P. p. sifanica Grum-Grshimailo, 1891. [9]
P. p. stoetzneri O.Bang-Haas, 1927. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Sazykin, Irina Nikulina.

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)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012