Malacosoma castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Самец (Malacosoma castrensis)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Lasiocampoidea → family Lasiocampidae → subfamily Malacosomatinae → tribe Malacosomatini → genus Malacosoma → subgenus Clisiocampa → species Malacosoma castrensis

Species name(s)

Malacosoma (Clisiocampa) castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Malacosoma castrense (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena castrensis Linnaeus, 1758 = halphila Stauder, 1915 = Malacosoma albescens Cockayne 1951 = Malacosoma angustata Grünberg 1911 = Malacosoma approximata Lempke 1960 = Malacosoma bifascia Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma brunnea Tutt 1900 = Clisiocampa costipuncta Closs & Hannemann, 1917 = Malacosoma designata Aigner 1906 = Malacosoma divisa Lempke 1960 = Clisiocampa fasciata Closs & Hannemann, 1917 = Malacosoma fusca Lempke 1960 = Malacosoma halophila Stauder 1915 = Bombyx hilleri Standfuss, 1884 = Malacosoma intermedia Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma lineata Lempke 1960 = Malacosoma minor Tutt 1900 = Pahalaena neustria Linnaeus, 1761 = Malacosoma obsoleta Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma obsoleta Lempke 1960 = Malacosoma olivacea Cockayne 1951 = Malacosoma pallescens Lempke 1960 = Malacosoma pallida Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma rufo-virgata Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma semibrunnea Lempke 1960 = Malacosoma serena Bloch 1959 = Bombyx taraxacoides Bellier de la Chavignerie, 1851 = Malacosoma thomalae Gaede 1932 = Malacosoma trifasciata Closs 1913 = Malacosoma unicolor Tutt 1900 = Bombyx venata Standfuss, 1884 = Malacosoma virgata Tutt 1900. [3, 9, 10, 187]

Ground Lackey.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 6.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#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; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #40. Primorsky.

Wingspan

28—36 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, 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, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy,Seaside, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Kazakhstan [PC1149].
Ареал: почти вся Европа и Сибирь, Малая и Средняя Азия. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan: 28-36 mm. [PC93].
Самец: передние крылья светло-желтые, с двумя темными поперечными полосками. Самка: передние крылья красно-бурые, с двумя бледно-желтыми поперечными полосками. Задние крылья и у самцов, и у самок красновато-серо-бурые, с нечеткой перевязью, бахромка в пятнах. [85].

Imago lifespan

Лёт: июль—август. [85].

General info about Larva

У гусениц молочайного шелкопряда белая срединная полоса на спине, две оранжево-желтые линии тоже на спине, а также тонкие желтые полоски по бокам тела. Бока сине-серые, а брюшко серое. Дыхальца черные. В молодости личинки Malacosoma castrensis живут группами в общем паутинном гнезде, позже — поодиночке. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Ribes rubrum, Fragaria, Filipendula vulgaris, Rubus idaeus, Potentilla, Trifolium medium, Geranium, Artemisia vulgaris, Achillea millefolium, Centaurea jacea, Hieracium pilosella, Euphorbia. [28].
Milkweed, crane fly, heather. [85].

Larva lifespan

Весна. [85].

Pupa

Куколка темно-бурая, в беловатом коконе, который покрывается желтоватой пыльцой. [85].

Egg

Яйца откладываются кольцами, на стеблях травянистых растений. [85].

Overwintering stage

Зимует яйцо. [85].

Subspecies of Malacosoma castrensis

Malacosoma castrensis castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758). [10]
M. c. kirghisicum (Staudinger, 1879). [9]
M. c. krymea (Sheljuzhko, 1943). [10]
M. c. shardaghi Daniel, 1951. [187]
M. c. thomalae Gaede, 1932. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Alexander Belousov.

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
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
[PC1149] Alexander Belousov