Gastropacha quercifolia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Lasiocampoidea → family Lasiocampidae → subfamily Pinarinae → tribe Gastropachini → genus Gastropacha → subgenus Gastropacha → species Gastropacha quercifolia

Species name(s)

Gastropacha (Gastropacha) quercifolia (Linnaeus, 1758) = Gastropacha quercus = dalmatina Gerhard, 1882 = Bombyx dentata Scopoli, 1777 = Eutricha incompleta Tutt, 1902 = Gastropacha juncta Lempke 1960 = Eutricha lineata Tutt, 1902 = Gastropacha cerridifolia Felder 1862 = Eutricha major Tutt, 1902 = Eutricha meridionalis Hormuzaki, 1897 = Gastropacha pallida Spuler 1908 = Gastropacha obsoleta Rebel 1910 = Gastropacha obsoleta Lempke 1960 = Eutricha obsoleta Tutt, 1902 = Eutricha purpurascens Tutt, 1902 = Gastropacha salicifolia Staudinger 1892 = Gastropacha tangens Lempke 1960. [9, 10, 85, 187]

Lappet, The Lappet.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #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; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Gastropacha quercus. [85].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of 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 , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, 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-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Дуболистный шелкопряд встречается почти по всей Европе, летает в Сибири и на Кавказе, а также в Средней Азии. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Крылья «медово-бурого цвета, по краю зубчатые». Поперечных линий на переднем крыле — три штуки, между первой и второй черная точка. Линии, кстати, тоже темные, почти черные. На заднем крыле поперечных темных линий всего две. Описаны различные географические формы. [85].

Imago lifespan

Время лёта: Июнь — начало августа. [85].

General info about Larva

Гусеница землянистая, нижняя сторона ржаво-бурого цвета. Характерная уплощенная форма тела служит признаком всего рода Gastropacha. На спинной стороне каждого кольца по паре красно-бурых бородавок, на одиннадцатом кольце имеются шипики. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Malus, Sorbus, Quercus, Salix, Crataegus, Rhamnus, Berberis, Corylus. [28].
Blackthorn, fruit trees; may harm cultivated areas. [85].

Larva lifespan

Встречается до июня-месяца. [85].

Pupa

Куколка Gastropacha quercifolia черно-бурая, с густой белой пыльцой и плотным темным коконом (а не светлым, как у Gastropacha populifolia). [85].

Overwintering stage

Зимует гусеница. [85].

Subspecies of Gastropacha quercifolia

Gastropacha quercifolia coreopacha Bryk, 1948. [187]
G. q. lucens Mell, 1939. [187]
G. q. mekongensis De Lajonquière, 1976. [187]
G. q. quercifolia (Linnaeus, 1758). [10]
G. q. quercifolia. [9]
G. q. sibirica Krulikowsky, 1909. [187]
G. q. thibetana De Lajonquière, 1976. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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