Hyloicus pinastri (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Hyloicus pinastri)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Sphinginae → tribe Sphingini → genus Hyloicus → species Hyloicus pinastri

Species name(s)

Hyloicus pinastri (Linnaeus, 1758) = Sphinx piceae Gleditsch, 1775 = Sphinx saniptri Strecker, 1876 = Hyloicus asiaticus Butler, 1875 = fasciata Lampa, 1885 = brunnea Spuler, 1903 = grisea (Tutt, 1904) = grisea-distincta (Tutt, 1904) = grisea-mediopuncta (Tutt, 1904) = grisea-transversa (Tutt, 1904) = typica-virgata (Tutt, 1904) = unicolor (Tutt, 1904) = albicans (Austaut, 1907) = fuliginosa Lambillion, 1907 = ferrea Closs, 1920 = vittata (Closs, 1920) = minor Stephan, 1924 = rubida (Cabeau, 1925) = semilugens (Andreas, 1925) = albescens (Cockayne, 1926) = albicolor (Cockayne, 1926) = stehri Stephan, 1926 = Hyloicus pinastri cenisius Jordan, 1931 = Hyloicus pinastri medialis Jordan, 1931 = nigrescens (Lempke, 1959) = cingulata (Lempke, 1964) = Hyloicus pinastri euximus Derzhavets, 1979 = selon (de Freina & Witt, 1987) = Sphinx pinastri (Linnaeus, 1758). [9, 10]

Pine Hawk-moth.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 7.

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; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky.

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

Forewing length

35—40 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Larva lifespan

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Самец и самка (Hyloicus pinastri)

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Hyloicus pinastri. [3].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Russia, Romania, North Aegean,Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Kaliningrad (?), Karelia, Kola, the North Urals, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Urals , Southern Urals. [3].
The area - the whole of Europe would be coniferous forests. In the east - to Lake Baikal. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - from 3.5 to 4 cm. The top of the front wings gray-brown, wavy, hiding a butterfly on the bark of trees pattern. The top of the rear wings plain, dark brown, which distinguishes it from many other hawk, whose rear wings still bright.LikeSphinx ligustri, abdomen striped pine hawk, but strips are not as clear as that of a similar kind. [5].

General info about Imago

Typical habitat - yes spruce pine forests, especially good for a pine, for it is in the pine needles of the female hawk moths will lay eggs. Imago active at twilight, like fragrant flowers, such as honeysuckle and Saponaria. [5].

Imago lifespan

Moths fly from May to July. [5].

General info about Larva

The body of the caterpillar S. pinastri bright green, with wide brown stripe on the back and white stripes on the sides. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Pinus silvestris, Pinus strobus, Pinus cembra, Larix sibirica, Larix decidua, Picea abies. [28].
The larvae feed on the pine, rarely used as food fir and larch. [5].

Larva lifespan

The caterpillar lives from July to September. [5].

Subspecies of Hyloicus pinastri

Sphinx pinastri arestus Jordan, 1931. [187]
H. p. cenisius Jordan, 1931. [187]
H. p. massiliensis Jordan, 1931. [187]
H. p. maurorum Jordan, 1931. [187]
H. p. medialis Jordan, 1931. [187]
H. p. morio Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Nikolai Vladimirov, Igor Sakhno.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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
[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
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org