Eulithis pyropata (Hubner, 1809)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Larentiinae → tribe Cidariini → genus Eulithis → species Eulithis pyropata

Species name(s)

Eulithis pyropata (Hubner, 1809) = sugitanii (Prout, 1937). [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:5420

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

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; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Wingspan

30—34 mm.

Flight time

January

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
Belarus, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Average -Volzhsky, Mid-Ural,Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan: 30-34 mm. [PC93].

Imago lifespan

July-Aug [PC93].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Currant (Ríbes) [PC93].

Subspecies of Eulithis pyropata

Eulithis pyropata elegans (Inoue, 1955). [9]
E. p. sugitanii Prout, 1937. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, 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
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov