Hyphoraia testudinaria (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Arctiini → subtribe Arctiina → genus Hyphoraia → species Hyphoraia testudinaria
Species name(s)
Hyphoraia testudinaria (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) = Phalaena testudinaria Geoffroy, 1785 = Bombyx maculania Lang, 1789 = Phalaena curialis Esper, 1789 = Bombyx civica Hübner, 1790 = Arctia maculata Caradja, 1893 = meridialpina Daniel, 1939 = Phalaena aulica. [9, 10]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:6662
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Spain, Italy, Sicily, France, Switzerland. [1].
- Andorra, Austria, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Sicily, France (mainland), Switzerland. [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Plantago, Achillea, Euphorbia cyparissias, Potentilla, Hieracium, Taraxacum, Cynoglossum, Plantago, Deschampsia, Calamagrostis. [28].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Paolo Mazzei. 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
- [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
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