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Ennomos alniaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Ennomini → genus Ennomos → species Ennomos alniaria

Species name(s)

Ennomos alniaria (Linnaeus, 1758) = Ennomos alniarius (Linnaeus, 1758). [9, 10]

Canary-shouldered Thorn.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:5163

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky.

Forewing length

18—20 mm.

Primary colors

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

Over-wintering stage

Ova.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland Sweden, Estonia. [1].
  • Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland)Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-West, Central European, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Mid-Urals. [3].
  • The area - a fair Europe to 62 ° N. w. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Fore wing length up to 2 cm. The wings and body are yellow, on the front wings - two transverse strips between the dark point. The edge of the front wing gear and back - much gear. On the hind wings dark bar in the center. In general, darker females than males. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Ennomos alniaria - inhabitant of swamp forests, meadows, gardens and parks. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • It flies from June to October. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Alnus glutinosa, Vaccinium myrtillus. [28].
  • Alder, birch, poplar and willow. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • Caterpillars are found from May to August. [5].

Overwintering stage

  • Winters egg. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

Comments

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30.01.2014 22:05, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Ova.

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