Phyllodesma ilicifolia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Phyllodesma (Phyllodesma) ilicifolia (Linnaeus, 1758) = Epicnaptera ilicifolia = Phyllodesma ilicifolium (Linnaeus, 1758) = Bombyx ilicifolia Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena (Bombyx) betulifolia Esper, 1783 = Phyllodesma dubordieui de Lajonquiére, 1963 = Epinaptera ilicifolia Linnaeus, 1758 = Bombyx betulifolia Esper, 1784 = Phalaena foliumsiccum Retzius, 1783 = Gastropacha grisea Tutt, 1902 = Gastropacha lutescens Tutt, 1902 = Gastropacha pallida Tutt, 1902 = Gastropacha rufescens Tutt, 1902 = Lasiocampa sinina Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 = Gastropacha suffusa Tutt 1902 = Epicnaptera suffusa Rebel, 1910 = Gastropacha unicolor-rufescens Tutt, 1902 = Gastropacha virgata Tutt, 1902 = Epicnaptera zinina Closs, 1915. [3, 9, 10, 85, 122, 187]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky*; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

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Larva lifespan

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Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Epicnaptera ilicifolia. [85].

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina?, The British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Portugal ( mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia?Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia ?, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia ?. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, North-Western European, Central European, European southern taiga, Karelian (?), Kola, Prealtay, of Baikal, the North Urals, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Medium Ural, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Ареал — Средняя Европа и средняя полоса России, Кавказ и Южная Сибирь. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Схож с Phyllodesma tremulifolia, но к бурой окраске примешивается серый оттенок, сильнее выражен серый налет в районе внешнего края переднего крыла, а посередине передних крыльев есть четырехугольное бело-серое пятно. [85].

Imago lifespan

Лёт: конец апреля — май. [85].

General info about Larva

Гусеница ржавая, с черной полосой на спине и двумя крупными черными пятнами на каждом кольце. Голова буро-серая. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Populus, Salix, Vaccinium. [28].
Willow, chyna, blueberry. [85].

Larva lifespan

Активна в июле и августе. [85].

Pupa

Куколка серого выемчатого шелкопряда черно-бурая, покрытая красно-белой пыльцой. Окутывается желтовато-белым коконом. [85].

Subspecies of Phyllodesma ilicifolia

Phyllodesma ilicifolia dubordieui (Lajonquiere, 1963). [10]
P. i. dubordieui De Lajonquière, 1963. [187]
P. i. ilicifolia (Linnaeus, 1758). [10]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

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