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Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Самец (Malacosoma neustria)

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 neustria

Species name(s)

Malacosoma (Clisiocampa) neustria (Linnaeus, 1758) = Malacosoma neustrium (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena neustria Linnaeus, 1758 = mauginii Turati, 1924 = Malacosoma neustrium neustrium = Malacosoma alba Closs 1913 = Malacosoma annularis Geoffroy 1785 = Malacosoma approximata Lempke 1960 = Malacosoma bicolor Sibille 1927 = Bombyx bilineatus Haworth, 1900 = Malacosoma brevipennis Lempke 1960 = Malacosoma brunnea Krulikovski 1908 = Malacosoma castrensioides Lempke 1964 = Malacosoma nigrapici De Lajonquière 1972 = Malacosoma cervina Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma cervina-confluens Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma cervina-fracta Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma cervina-unicolor Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma cervina-virgata Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma cinnamomea Turati & Verity 1912 = Malacosoma concolor Grünberg 1911 = Malacosoma confluens Selys 1857 = Malacosoma contrasta Lempke 1960 = Malacosoma coreana Matsumura = Malacosoma distria Hübner 1816/27 = Malacosoma flava Krulikovski 1908 = Malacosoma flavescens Grünberg 1911 = Dendrolimus formosana Matsumura, 1927 = Malacosoma fracta Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma intermedia Stephan 1924 = Malacosoma interrupta Matsumura 1921 = Malacosoma maculifera Kolisko 1908 = Malacosoma maculifera Tutt, 1900 = Malacosoma ochracea-fracta Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma ochracea-unicolor Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma ochracea-virgata Tutt 1902 = Malacosoma palicrina Rostagno 1912 = Malacosoma pallida Stephan 1924 = Clisiocampa testacea Motschulsky, 1860 = Bombyx unicolor Cyrillo, 1787 = Malacosoma unicolor Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma virgata Tutt 1900 = Malacosoma vulgaris Borkhausen 1793 = Malacosoma x-strigata Romaniszyn 1942 = Malacosoma mauginii Turati 1924. [3, 9, 10, 187]

Lackey, The Lackey.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:6281

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 7.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #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; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

14—20 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, 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

Самка (Malacosoma neustria)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, 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, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland) , Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Northern Aegean Islands, Sicily, 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-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside , Sakhalin, Mid-Amur,Middle-Volga, Mid-Urals, the South Kuril, South Ural. [3].
  • Ареал — вся Европа до Центральной Швеции, Азия. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Длина передних крыльев составляет 1,4—2 см. Окрас — коричнево-желтый, охристый. Срединное поле переднего крыла темнее наружных зон. Передние крылья пересекают две почти прямые поперечные линии, которые до первой линьки окрашены в бурый, а после нее — в светло-желтый цвет. Задние крылья мельче передних, самки крупнее самцов. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Местообитания: лиственные леса, одичавшие и не очень сады, аллеи. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Malacosoma neustria на стадии имаго встречается с конца мая до середины августа. [85].

General info about Larva

  • Гусеница вредит лиственным деревьям. Молодые личинки собираются в группы. Узнать гусеницу можно по редким волосикам, боро-красной спине и черному пятну на каждом кольце. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Malus, Prunus, Quercus, Betula, Populus, Tilia, Crataegus, Salix. [28].
  • Oak, wild fruit trees, berry bushes. Now more and more often on fruit trees in gardens. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • С мая по июнь. [85].

Pupa

  • Куколка: мягкие белые либо желтоватые коконы, между листьями, сама куколка черная. [85].

Egg

  • Самки откладывают яйца на кормовые растения близко расположенными друг к другу кольцами вокруг тонких веток растения. Отсюда и пошло название вида («кольчатый»). [85].

Overwintering stage

  • Зимует яйцо. [85].

Subspecies of Malacosoma neustria

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrej Makara, Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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21.10.2015 22:49, Irina Nikulina

You need to add the Amur subspecies of M. n. testaceum Motschulsky, 1861

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