Crocallis elinguaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Gonodontini → genus Crocallis → species Crocallis elinguaria
Species name(s)
Crocallis elinguaria (Linnaeus, 1758).
Scalloped Oak.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:5240
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
18—20 mm.
Primary colors
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
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Finland France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland) Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside , Mid-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
- The area - temperate and cold zone, comes to the Arctic Circle. In Southern and Central Europe it is more often in the mountains (at altitudes up to 1500 m). [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Front wing grows up to 2 cm. The wings themselves are light yellow, with a dark median field, separated by dark horizontal stripes on basal and marginal fields. Inside the middle of the field - a dark spot. Hind wings a little lighter, there is a horizontal line and stain. [5].
Imago lifespan
- Flight from late June to late August. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Betula, Alnus, Corylus avellana, Salix, Populus, Ribes, Rosa, Rubus, Sorbus, Prunus, Tilia, Rhamnus, Calluna, Vaccinium, Syringa, Lonicera. [28].
- Gusenichka puhonogih yellow moths feed on blueberries, sometimes hawthorn and honeysuckle. [5].
Larva lifespan
- Larva Crocallis elinguaria will live from August to June. [5].
Subspecies of Crocallis elinguaria
- Crocallis elinguaria albarracina Wehrli, 1940. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrey Ponomarev, Marija Jaunkunga. 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
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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