Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen, 1790)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Drepanoidea → family Drepanidae → subfamily Drepaninae → genus Drepana → species Drepana curvatula
Species name(s)
Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen, 1790) = Phalaena curvatula Borkhausen, 1790 = knechteli Daniel, 1963. [9, 10]
Dusky Hook-tip.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:3050
Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 2.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
14—16 mm.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black.
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 |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia. [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Belgium, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland,France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin , Mid-Amur,Middle-Volga, Urals Average, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
- The range of this species - Western and Central Europe, part of Northern Europe, in the east - to Japan. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Length of front wing - 1.4-1.6 cm. Sami wings rusty-brown, with barely discernible pattern to them. Males are smaller than females in size and have a comb usiki.Shozhy view -Drepana falcataria- characterized by a slightly larger size and the presence of two middle spots on the wings. [5].
General info about Imago
- Alder serpokrylka flies in the marsh alder. In floodplains, if they are rich alder mixed with birch. Willingly flying to the light. [5].
Imago lifespan
- Two generations Drepana curvatula occur from late April to mid-July and from early July to late August. [5].
General info about Larva
- The place where the caterpillars feed on or just relax, they carefully cover arachnoid roof. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Betula, Alnus, Salix, and sometimes Quercus. [28].
- Black and gray alder, birch warty (in all three cases, with a preference for young trees) and "stool shoots on the cuttings." [5].
Larva lifespan
- Caterpillar: August-September and July. [5].
Subspecies of Drepana curvatula
- Drepana curvatula acuta Butler, 1881. [9]
- D. c. curvatula. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vitaly Gumenuk, Nikolai Vladimirov. 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
Comments
Note: you should have a Insecta.pro account to upload new topics and comments. Please, create an account or log in to add comments
Drepana curvatula photos
Other species Drepana