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Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Larentiinae → tribe Xanthorhoini → genus Xanthorhoe → species Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Species name(s)

Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Linnaeus, 1758).

Garden Carpet.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:5725

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 9.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #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; #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; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky.

Forewing length

9—13 mm.

Wingspan

22—30 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 (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)

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, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part 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, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy ( mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Finland, France (mainland part), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia,Yugoslavia. [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, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga,Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Sakhalin, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
  • Вся Европа. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan: 22-30 mm. [PC93].
  • Длина переднего крыла 0,9—1,3 см. Фон — серо-белый, на нем контрастный темно-коричневый рисунок. Задние крылья серо-буроватые, с тонкими поперечными полосками. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Местообитания: кустарники и пойменные леса. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • С апреля по июнь и с июля по сентябрь. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Cruciferae. [28].
  • Ларенция обыкновенная предпочитает капусту и хрен. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Гусеница: с августа по октябрь и с мая по июнь. [85].

Overwintering stage

  • Гусеница. [85].

Subspecies of Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Natalia Demchenko, Peter Khramov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

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14.05.2015 15:35, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 22—30 mm.

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