Synanthedon myopaeformis (Borkhausen, 1789)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Cossoidea → family Sesiidae → subfamily Sesiinae → tribe Synanthedonini → genus Synanthedon → species Synanthedon myopaeformis
Species name(s)
Synanthedon myopaeformis (Borkhausen, 1789) = Sphinx myopaeformis Borkhausen, 1789 = Sphinx zonatus Donovan, 1797 = Sesia mutillaeformis Laspeyres, 1801 = Sesia luctuosa Lederer, 1853 = Sesia myopiformis Staudinger, 1856 = Sesia elegans Lederer, 1861 = Synanthedon flavoannellata Popescu-Gorj & Draghia, 1967. [9, 10]
Red-belted Clearwing.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 2.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Lower Volga, the Volga-Average, Average Urals. [3].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Butterfly blue-black. The front edge, peperechnaya ligation and the outer edge of the front wing black. Fourth abdominal ring red (at the top and bottom of the female and the male only from above). The wingspan of about 20 mm. [11].
General info about Larva
- Caterpillars gnaw at the bark of apple trees, and their moves are filled with brown juice. [11].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Malus, Pyrus, Prunus, Crataegus, Sorbus, Syringa, Hippophae, Alnus, Betula, Mespilus. [28].
- Apple trees. [11].
Subspecies of Synanthedon myopaeformis
- Synanthedon myopaeformis typhiaeformis (Borkhausen, 1789). [10]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Sergey Novitckiy, Zoran Bozovic. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [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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