Hemistola chrysoprasaria (Esper, 1795)

Имаго (Hemistola chrysoprasaria)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Geometrinae → tribe Hemistolini → genus Hemistola → species Hemistola chrysoprasaria

Species name(s)

Hemistola chrysoprasaria (Esper, 1795) = Hemistola chtysoprasaria (Esper, 1795) = Phalaena (Geometra) chrysoprasaria Esper, 1795 = Phalaena nayas Fourcroy, 1785 = albifusa Cockayne, 1950 = contracta Chalmers-Hunt, 1961. [3, 9, 10]

Small Emerald.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

14—15 mm.

Primary colors

Green, 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

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Hemistola chtysoprasaria. [3].

Distribution

Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Trans-Baikal, Western Caucasus, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Medium Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, Tuva,South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Area - Central and Southern Europe. In Northern Europe, it does not occur. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - 1.5 cm. Painting light green on the front wings is always a line, and on the back - a little bent white stripe on the front also might be another, fuzzy, sash closer to the base. [5].

General info about Imago

Butterfly flies on sunny slopes and forest glades, meadows, fields and parks. [5].

Imago lifespan

From June to August. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Clematis. [28].
Clematis. [5].

Larva lifespan

Caterpillars live from August to June. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [5].

Subspecies of Hemistola chrysoprasaria

Hemistola chrysoprasaria chrysoprasaria. [9]
H. c. intermedia Djakonov, 1926. [9]
H. c. lissas Prout, 1912. [9]
H. c. occidentalis (Wehrli, 1929). [10]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Zoran Bozovic.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

[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