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Eupithecia abietaria Goeze, 1781

Имаго Eupithecia abietaria

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Larentiinae → tribe Eupitheciini → genus Eupithecia → species Eupithecia abietaria

Species name(s)

Eupithecia abietaria Goeze, 1781 = pini (Retzius, 1783) = bilunulata (Zetterstedt, 1839). [3, 9]

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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; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Wingspan

16—18 mm.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Over-wintering stage

Pupa.

Имаго Eupithecia abietaria

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia , Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelia, Kola, Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy,Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Tuva, South Kuril, South Ural. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The wingspan of up to 1.6-1.8 cm, brownish-gray with black median spot on the front wings and red cross on their bands. Hind wings gray with two darker transverse lines. On the outer edge of the front wings goes wavy, jagged line, passing the lower wings in the form of lines. [131].

Imago lifespan

  • There are butterflies in mid-June. [131].

General info about Larva

  • Caterpillar grayish red almost white top and bottom to 1.5 cm in length. The head and black shield.
    Left young caterpillars at first remain on the surface scales cones, and later making their way inside the cones and the average damage of the scales. [131].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Picea, Abies. [28].
  • Picea jezoensis [131].

Pupa

  • Judging by the remaining festival of the Protection pupae pupation occurs on the cones. The duration of the generation is not clear. In European forests, it is extended to two years.
    Dolly shiny brown, surrounded by a cocoon of hairs. [131].

Subspecies of Eupithecia abietaria

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Irina Nikulina, Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Yuri Semejkin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

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29.01.2014 14:30, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 16—18 mm. Flight time: No formalized data → June. Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Pupa.

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