Phyllodesma tremulifolia (Hubner, 1810)

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 tremulifolia

Species name(s)

Phyllodesma (Phyllodesma) tremulifolia (Hubner, 1810) = Epicnaptera tremulifolia = Phyllodesma tremulifolium (Hubner, [1810]) = ilicifolia Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = betulifolia Ochsenheimer, 1810 = rubicunda Schawerda, 1914 = fasciata Lenz, 1925 = obsoleta Lenz, 1925 = grisescens Lenz, 1927 = lutescens Closs, 1932 = Gastropacha betulifolia Ochsenheimer, 1810 = Epicnaptera lutescens Closs, 1915 = Epicnaptera obsoleta Lenz, 1925 = Phyllodesma perambigua De Lajonquière 1963 = Phyllodesma pseudambigua De Lajonquière 1963 = Epicnaptera rubicunda Schawerda, 1914 = Epicnaptera puengeleri Schawerda, 1914 = Epicnaptera fasciata Lenz, 1925 = Epicnaptera flavescens Lenz, 1925 = Epicnaptera grisescens Lenz, 1927 = Epicnaptera fulvescens Klemensiewicz, 1912 = Epicnaptera grisea Hoffmann & Closs, 1915. [3, 9, 10, 85, 187]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

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; #16. Sredne-Uralsky*; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky.

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

Primary colors

Red, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Epicnaptera tremulifolia. [85].

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Luxembourg, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic,Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Kaliningrad (?), Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural (?), South-West-Siberian, South Ural . [3].
Ареал — Средняя Европа. Средняя полоса и южная часть России. Кавказ и Средняя Азия. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Крылья зазубрены, бахромка вся в белых и бурых пятная. Окрас крыльев — буро-красный, задние крылья с темной поперечной линией. Phyllodesma tremulifolia внешне похож на Phyllodesma ilicifolia, отличия состоят в отсутствии у рассматриваемого вида серого оттенка в окраске крыльев и серо-белого пятна в середине передних крыльев. [85].

Imago lifespan

Апрель, май. [85].

General info about Larva

Гусеница красноватая либо желто-серая, низ ржаво-желтый с рядом бурых пятен и поперечных черт. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Quercus, Betula, Populus, Fraxinus, Sorbus, Salix, Prunus, Vaccinium. [28].
Birch, poplar, oak. [85].

Larva lifespan

Активна до осени. [85].

Pupa

Куколка черно-бурая, в желтоватом коконе. [85].

Overwintering stage

Куколка. [85].

Subspecies of Phyllodesma tremulifolia

Phyllodesma tremulifolia danieli De Lajonquière, 1963. [187]
P. t. gemela Zolt.. [9]
P. t. tremulifolia (Hubner, 1810). [10]
P. t. tremulifolium. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

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