Aethalura punctulata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Имаго (Aethalura punctulata)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Boarmiini → genus Aethalura → species Aethalura punctulata

Species name(s)

Aethalura punctulata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Boarmia punctulata. [5, 10]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 5.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #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; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Имаго (Aethalura punctulata)

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Boarmia punctulata [5].

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden , Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland part), Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland,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, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, Pribaikalskiy, Medium Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural,Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Locally Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing is not more than 1.5 cm. Three characteristic dark stripes peppered with thickening at the front edge of the wing. Fringe spotted. [5].

General info about Imago

Flight of moist deciduous forests, flood meadows, gardens and parks. [5].

Imago lifespan

From late May to early June. Sometimes the second generation in mid-summer. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Betula, Salix. [28].
Alder and birch. [5].

Larva lifespan

From June to August. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

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
[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