Epirrita autumnata (Borkhausen, 1794)

Имаго (Epirrita autumnata)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Larentiinae → tribe Operophterini → genus Epirrita → species Epirrita autumnata

Species name(s)

Epirrita autumnata (Borkhausen, 1794) = autumnaria (Doubleday, 1849) = approximaria (Weaver, 1852) = addedaria (White, 1878). [9, 10]

Autumnal Moth.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Wingspan

32—39 mm.

Flight time

January

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Имаго (Epirrita autumnata)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia . [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Channel Islands, Poland, Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland,France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelian, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North Okhotsk, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan: 32-39 mm. [PC93].

Imago lifespan

September October [PC93].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Betula, Alnus, Salix and many other shrubs and trees. [28].
Willow (Salix), birch (Betula), maple (Acer), alder (Alnus), Larch (Larix), Hazel (Crylus), Aspen (Populus tremula), Apple (Malus), Rowan (Sorbus), Plum (Prunus) , Basswood (Tilia), honeysuckle (Lonicera) [PC93].

Subspecies of Epirrita autumnata

Epirrita autumnata altivagata (Hartig, 1938). [10]
E. a. autumnata (Borkhausen, 1794). [10]
E. a. henshawi (Swett, 1917). [9]
E. a. omissa (Harrison, 1932). [9]
E. a. smetanini Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002. [9]
E. a. tunkunata (Bang-Haas, 1910). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

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)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov