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Melanthia procellata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Имаго Melanthia procellata

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Larentiinae → tribe Melanthiini → genus Melanthia → species Melanthia procellata

Species name(s)

Melanthia procellata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775).

Pretty Chalk Carpet.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:5621

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny*; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #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; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.

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

Имаго Melanthia procellata

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia , Moldova, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia,Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: Gorno-Altaisk, the European Northeast (?), The European Central Black Earth, the European Southern Taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Clematis vitalba. [28].

Subspecies of Melanthia procellata

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrej Makara, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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