Habrosyne pyritoides (Hufnagel, 1766)

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

• Habrosyne derasa. [85].

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
• Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Nizhne-Amur, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, South -Uralsky. [3].
• The area - the whole of Europe to the Southern Finland and Scandinavia in the north. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Length of front wing - from 1.5 to 2.2 cm. The upper side of his drawing resembles agate or marble, at the base - single color gray or brown triangular field. [5].
• Wingspan: 34-40 mm. [PC93].

General info about Imago

• Malin sovkovidka found in similar with its pink cousin (Thyatira batis) places - in the meadows and gardens planted with raspberries with blackberries. It flies at dusk and at night, mate - also, "after will taste the nectar from the flowers." [5].
• Raspberry (Rubus), hazel (Corylus), Hawthorn (Crataegus) [PC93].

Imago lifespan

• Imago lives from late May to early August in one generation. [5].

General info about Larva

• Like the larvae of Thyatira batis, Habrosyne pyritoides caterpillars are with hillock with two horns. Later they will entangle cobweb leaves. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Rubus. [28].
• Raspberries, blackberries. [5].

Egg

• As well as the female sovkovidki pink, the female of this species lays eggs in small groups on the underside of leaves of blackberry and raspberry. [5].

Overwintering stage

• Winters pupa in litter (between the leaves). [5].

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Habrosyne albipuncta Wileman, 1910

Habrosyne argenteipuncta Hampson, [1893]

Habrosyne armata Moore, 1882

Habrosyne aurorina (Butler, 1881)

Habrosyne conscripta Warren, 1912

Habrosyne costalis Wileman, 1921

Habrosyne dentata Werny, 1966

Habrosyne dieckmanni (Graeser, 1888)

Habrosyne fraterna Moore, 1888

Habrosyne gloriosa (Guenée, 1852)

Habrosyne indica Moore, 1867

Habrosyne intermedia (Bremer, 1864)

Habrosyne obscura Roepke

Habrosyne plagiosa Moore, 1882

Habrosyne pterographa Poujade, 1887

Habrosyne sanguinea Moore, 1882

Habrosyne scripta (Gosse, 1840)

Habrosyne sumatrana Werny

Habrosyne violacea (Fixsen, 1887)