Carcina quercana (Fabricius, 1775)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Gelechioidea → family Peleopodidae → genus Carcina → species Carcina quercana
Species name(s)
Carcina quercana (Fabricius, 1775) = fagana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) = cancella (Hübner, 1823-24) = faganella (Treitschke, 1833) = Carcina purpurana Millière, 1874 = Carcina cancrella = Lampros faganella Treitschke, 183?. [9, 10, 187]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:4791
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic, Nearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky.
Forewing length
8—9 mm.
Primary colors
Red, Orange, Yellow, 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
- 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, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica Crete, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: Kaliningrad. [3].
- The area - Europe, North America. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Length of front wing - up to 0.9 cm. Crescent shape of the wing, with drawn inside edge coloring - pinkish-brownish-yellowish. The front edge of the front wing of the triangular yellowish-white spot. "The antennae are extraordinarily long and strong." [5].
General info about Imago
- Venues - forests and gardens. [5].
Imago lifespan
- From July to August. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- The caterpillar feeds on the beech and oak, to the pear. [5].
Larva lifespan
Subspecies of Carcina quercana
- Carcina quercana purpurana Milliére, 1871/75. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrej Makara, Zoran Bozovic. 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)
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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