Cyclophora pendularia Clerck, 1759

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Sterrhinae → tribe Cosymbiini → genus Cyclophora → species Cyclophora pendularia

Species name(s)

Cyclophora pendularia Clerck, 1759 = Phalaena pendularia Clerck, 1759 = Geometra orbicularia Hübner, [1799] = roseonigrata Cockayne, 1950 = biobsoleta Cockayne, 1952 = namurcensis Lambillon, 1905 = brightoni Tutt, 1907 = headi Tutt, 1907 = orbiculopendula Tutt, 1907 = orbialbiocellaria Hein, 1936. [3, 9]

Dingy Mocha.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:14849

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 5.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #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; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky*; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #27. Pribaikalsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Wingspan

21—29 mm.

Primary colors

Red, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia , Yugoslavia. [1].
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, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, Pribaikalskiy, Mid-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Sredneobskaya (?), Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan: 21-29 mm. [PC93].

Imago lifespan

May - August [PC93].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, Alnus. [28].
Willow (Salix), Elm (Ulmus), oak (Quercus), birch (Betula), alder (Alnus) [PC93].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Maria Pozdnova.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

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
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov