Selenia tetralunaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Ennomini → genus Selenia → species Selenia tetralunaria
Species name(s)
Selenia tetralunaria (Hufnagel, 1767).
Purple Thorn.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 7.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #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; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #29. Zapadno-Yakutsky; #30. Vostochno-Yakutsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
15—20 mm.
Wingspan
27—42 mm.
Primary colors
Red, Orange, 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, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden , Estonia. [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland) Channel Islands, Poland, Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine,Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Eastern Yakutia, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Yakutia, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
- Вся Европа. [85].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Передние крылья — от 1,5 до 2 см. Цвет — от темно-оливкого до темно-коричневого. В вершинах кыльев по фиолетовому полумесяцу. [85].
General info about Imago
- Места лёта: сады и парки, кроме того — лиственно-смешанные леса, заливные луга и болота, берега озер и рек. [85].
Imago lifespan
- April - August [PC93].
- Selenia tetralunaria дает пару генераций в апреле—мае и июне—августе. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Betula, Alnus, Rosa, Malus, Prunus, Fraxinus. [28].
- Oak (Quercus), alder (Alnus), hazel (Corylus), willow (Salix), birch (Betula), linden (Tilia) [PC93].
- Корм лунчатой четырехполосой пяденицы состоит из дуба, ольхи, ивы и прочих древесных растений. [85].
Larva lifespan
- Гусеница: с августа по сентябрь и с мая по июнь. [85].
Subspecies of Selenia tetralunaria
- Selenia tetralunaria coreana Wehrli, 1940. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Irina Nikulina. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
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
- [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
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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