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Spilosoma lutea (Hufnagel, 1766)

Самец (Spilosoma lutea)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Spilosoma lutea (Hufnagel, 1766) = Spilarctia luteum = Belciana siitanae (Remm, 1983) = Diacrisia lutea = Spilarctia lutea = Spilarctia lutea lutea. [3, 9, 10, 85]

Buff Ermine.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:6681

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

18—20 mm.

Wingspan

34—42 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

Самка (Spilosoma lutea)

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Spilarctia luteum. [85].

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - 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), Corsica Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Seaside , Sakhalin, Mid-Amur,Middle-Volga, Urals Average, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: Seaside. [3].
  • Europe, in the north up to 62° N-up to Southern Scandinavia and Finland. Mountains at altitudes up to 1800 m [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan: 34-42 mm. [PC93].
  • A bear with very distinctive yellow wings. Both back and front. The length of the front wing is 2 cm. Yellow wings with an oblique row of dark spots. The belly of this butterfly will also be spotted. Comb-like antennae. [85].

General info about Imago

  • It flies everywhere within its range, and is especially partial to wet areas, as well as borders and clearings, and forest edges. Yellow dippers are active before sunrise, which is very different from most other moths, who prefer the time before midnight.From the point of view of birds, the yellow dipper is similar to the speckled dipper, and therefore it makes sense that the yellow dipper begins to fly a little later — birds who have learned from the experience of communicating with the speckled butterfly that it is not worth eating are not so willing to attack yellow dippers. In addition, in pretending to be dead in case of danger, S. lutea also resembles S. lubricipeda. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Mid-May — July. In a favorable season, the second generation can also give. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Plantago, Taraxacum, Betula, Sambucus, Salix, Prunus, Rubus. [28].
  • Nettle (Urtica), sorrel (Rumex), plantain (Plantago), Dandelion (Taraxacum), Elderberry (Sambucus), raspberry (Rubus), currants (Ribes), alder (Alnus), oak (Quercus) [PC93].
  • Крапива, щавель кислый, кульбаба. Ежевика, малина и бузина. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • The caterpillar Spilosoma lutea will live from July to September. [85].

Overwintering stage

  • Pupa overwinters on the soil. [85].

Subspecies of Spilosoma lutea

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Ilia Ustiantcev.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

Comments

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24.06.2015 12:59, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 34—42 mm.

05.07.2009 9:03, Vasiliy Feoktistov

S. lutea Females have a white color and yellow males.

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