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Mirina christophi (Staudinger, 1887)

Личинка Mirina christophi

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Endromidae → genus Mirina → species Mirina christophi

Species name(s)

Mirina christophi (Staudinger, 1887).

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:2806

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#17. Yuzhno-Uralsky*; #36. Sredne-Amursky*; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

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

Larva lifespan

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

Личинка Mirina christophi

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Russia?. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Lower Amur, Seaside, Mid-Amur (?), South Ural (?). [3].
  • Total rasprostranenie.Ussuriysky Territory (now the Maritime Territory) [127].

General info about Larva

  • Caterpillar in the first ages is black, with brown teeth on the sides. The first segment is a thin curved ends of the spikes, which are equal to the length of the largest tracks. In repose they lie straightened, speaking far forward of the head.At the slightest worry caterpillar raises rapidly spikes up and moves the front part of the body from side to side. Since the last molt, the caterpillar becomes green coloring. In June, Lonicera maackii [127].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Lonicera praeflorens, L. maackii [127].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vera Volkotrub, Yuri Semejkin.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Yuri Semejkin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

Comments

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30.01.2014 12:34, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Zoogeographical regions: No formalized data → Palaearctic. Caterpillar lifespan: No formalized data → June.

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