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Brahmaea christophi Staudinger, 1879

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Brahmaeidae → genus Brahmaea → species Brahmaea christophi

Species name(s)

Brahmaea christophi Staudinger, 1879.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:64730

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Wingspan

110—125 mm.

Primary colors

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

Over-wintering stage

Pupa.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Wet forests of Talysh. [259].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan - from 110 to 125 mm. [259].

General info about Imago

  • Relict (more than 30 million years old) endemic species. In the Red Data Book of the USSR and Azerbaijan. [259].

Imago lifespan

  • May, and in the foothills and mountains — June. [259].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Leaves of a local ash tree. [259].

Larva lifespan

  • June. [259].

Pupa

  • Pupation in the soil. [259].

Overwintering stage

  • Pupa [259].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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26.02.2016 0:48, Peter Khramov

None foty no? Painfully encyclopedic view, it is necessary to illustrate.

26.02.2016 0:00, Peter Khramov Corrected data.

Zoogeographical regions: No formalized data → Palaearctic. Wingspan: No formalized data → 110—125 mm. Flight time: No formalized data → , . Caterpillar lifespan: No formalized data → . Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Pupa.

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