Trichiura crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Lasiocampoidea → family Lasiocampidae → subfamily Poecilocampinae → tribe Poecilocampini → genus Trichiura → subgenus Trichiura → species Trichiura crataegi

Species name(s)

Trichiura (Trichiura) crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758) = Trichiura ariae Hübner, 1824 = Phalaena crataegi Linnaeus, 1758 = vallisincola Daniel, 1956 = griseotincta Daniel, 1956 = albicans Daniel, 1956 = Gastropacha arbusculae Paffenzeller, 1860 = Trichiura ariae Hübner 1800/18 = Trichiura avellanae Fabricius 1787 = Bombyx bicaudata Retzius, 1783 = Trichiura castiliana Spuler 1908 = Trichiura confluens Feichenberger 1962 = Trichiura defasciata Lempke 1937 = Bombyx floccosa Clerck, 1759 = Trichiura freyeri Tutt 1900 = Bombyx mali Fabricius, 1787 = Trichiura pallida Tutt 1900 = Trichiura pallida Daniel 1956 = Bombyx pallidus Haworth, 1803 = Trichiura passini Boursin 1957 = Trichiura unicolor Feichenberger 1962 = Noctua vitisideae Linnaeus, 1761 = Phalaena sylvina Fuessly, 1779. [9, 10, 85, 187]

Pale Eggar.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #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; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #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; #35. Sredne-Okhotsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky*.

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

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Trichiura ariae. [85].

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, France, Switzerland. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands,Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, 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, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur (?) Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, North Urals, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Okhotsk, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Большая часть Европы, Малая Азия, Кавказ. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Цвет крыльев — серо-бурый, темное срединное поле на передних крыльях ограничено двумя черными поперечными линиями. Окраска бабочки может меняться — к более светлой или темной. [85].

General info about Imago

Местообитания: лиственные леса. [85].

Imago lifespan

Осень. [85].

General info about Larva

Окраска гусеницы может сильно отличаться от особи к особи. Чаще она серо-желтая, но встречаются и синевато-черные и черно-бурые экземпляры. По телу идут красноватые бородавки и редкие волоски. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Betula, Alnus, Salix, Populus, Sorbus, Crataegus, Prunus, Vaccinium, Ulmus. [28].
Hawthorn, blackthorn, birch. [85].

Larva lifespan

Живет гусеница боярышникового шелкопряда до июля месяца. [85].

Pupa

Куколка красно-бурая. [85].

Egg

При откладывании яйца густо покрываются пухом. [85].

Subspecies of Trichiura crataegi

Trichiura crataegi albicans Daniel, 1956. [187]
T. c. anatolica Daniel, 1956. [187]
T. c. ariae (Hübner, 1824). [9]
T. c. borealis Daniel, 1956. [9]
T. c. crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758). [10]
T. c. crataegi. [9]
T. c. griseotincta Daniel, 1956. [187]
T. c. lasistana de Freina, 1979. [9]
T. c. moghrebana Rungs, 1941. [187]
T. c. vallisincola Daniel, 1956. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: 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