Cepphis advenaria (Hubner, 1790)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Lithinini → genus Cepphis → species Cepphis advenaria
Species name(s)
Cepphis advenaria (Hubner, 1790).
Little Thorn.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 5.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
12—13 mm.
Primary colors
Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
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, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, 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), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Channel Islands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), 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, Trans-Baikal, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
- Disjunctive distribution in Europe. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Length of front wing 1,3 cm. The front wings are yellowish or grayish, with a dark median field. All four wings in the center of a black spot, while rear wings only slightly lighter front. [5].
General info about Imago
- Places volley - forests and swamps with bilberry, copses. [5].
Imago lifespan
- Imago active from May to July. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Vaccinium myrtillus. [28].
- Blueberries, strawberries, cow wheat. [5].
Larva lifespan
- Track Cepphis advenaria live in July, August and September. [5].
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
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