Ourapteryx sambucaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Ourapteryx sambucaria)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Ourapterygini → genus Ourapteryx → species Ourapteryx sambucaria

Species name(s)

Ourapteryx sambucaria (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena sambucaria Linnaeus, 1758. [9, 10]

Swallow-tailed Moth.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky*; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Forewing length

23—25 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, White.

Flight time

January

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June

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August

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November

December

Larva lifespan

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Имаго (Ourapteryx sambucaria)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, 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), Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), 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, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Average -Uralsky, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian (?), South Ural. [3].
Its range is temperate Europe. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Fore wing up to 2.5 cm, yellowish-white color, soft brown transverse stripes on the wings and small tails on the hind wings with cute spots at the base — and a really beautiful moth. [85].

General info about Imago

It flies through gardens and water meadows, deciduous forests. [85].

Imago lifespan

The butterfly flies from mid-June to late July. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Sambucus, Hedera, Lonicera. [28].
Бузина с ломоносом. [85].

Larva lifespan

The wingtail caterpillar can be found from August to June (wintering). [85].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

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
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[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