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Cilix glaucata (Scopoli, 1763)

Имаго (Cilix glaucata)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Drepanoidea → family Drepanidae → subfamily Drepaninae → genus Cilix → species Cilix glaucata

Species name(s)

Cilix glaucata (Scopoli, 1763) = Phalaena glaucata Scopoli, 1763 = ruffa (Linnaeus, 1767) = spinula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) = Bombyx compressa Fabricius, [1777] = modesta (Walch, 1779) = aeruginata Turati, 1907 = angelina Dannehl, 1925 = Cilix glaucata glaucata = Cilix angelina Dannehl 1925 = Bombyx compressa Fabricius, 1777 = Attacus ruffa Linnaeus, 1767 = Cilix aeruginata Turati 1907 = Cilix obsurata Lempke 1938 = Bombyces spinula Schiffermüller, 1776 = Cilix albescens Lempke 1960. [9, 10, 187]

Chinese Character.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:3048

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Forewing length

14—18 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

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

Larva lifespan

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

Имаго (Cilix glaucata)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, the Volga-Fair. [3].
  • The range - from southern Europe to South Sweden. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Length of front wing - 1.4-1.8 cm. And the shape of the wings (they are not sickle-shaped), and their color (white with green) tupokrylka differs from other serpokrylok. In the center of the wings are brown spots, sometimes there are butterflies with red edge. Spring form f. obscurata biggest summer and has a darker front wings, summer is closer to the base. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Butterfly flies on - the sunny slopes, heath and parks with hedges. Night. What is somewhat contrary to the sunny slopes. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Cilix glaucata gives to the surface as many as three generations: from late April to early June, from July to mid-August and late August to late September, and the spring and summer forms differ in appearance. [5].

General info about Larva

  • The second and third segments of the larvae are white tupokrylok spiky protuberances, and at the end of the abdomen - the tail, which once again confirms the ownership of these, Serpokrylov not, in general, to the butterflies serpokrylkam. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Rubus, Crataegus, Prunus. [28].
  • Turn, plum, hawthorn. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • The caterpillar can be found from August to September, and from May to June. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Sergey Novitckiy, Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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