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Aplocera plagiata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Aplocera plagiata)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Larentiinae → tribe Chesiadini → genus Aplocera → species Aplocera plagiata

Species name(s)

Aplocera plagiata (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Geometra) plagiata Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena duplicata Fabricius, 1775 = Phalaena terlineata Goeze, 1781 = Phalaena triplicata Geoffroy, 1785 = Anaitis plagiaria Boisduval, 1840 = Anaitis scotica Richardson, 1952. [9, 10]

Treble-bar.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:5358

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.

Forewing length

18—20 mm.

Primary colors

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

Имаго (Aplocera plagiata)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia , Cycladic Islands, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, South Ural. [3].
  • Its range is temperate and warm Europe. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Forewing length 2 cm, color grayish or bluish-brownish, there are also three characteristic transverse stripes with dark edging. Hindwings are unicolored brownish. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Butterflies can be found in gardens and on open slopes, along the edges of forests and water meadows, in relatively cold places. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • May - September [PC93].
  • Two generations — from May to July and from July to early October. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Hypericum. [28].
  • Зверобой. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Caterpillar: from September to April and in July. [85].

Overwintering stage

  • The second-generation caterpillar overwinters. [85].

Subspecies of Aplocera plagiata

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Eugene Davkaev, Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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