Pericallia matronula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Arctiini → subtribe Arctiina → genus Pericallia → species Pericallia matronula
Species name(s)
Pericallia matronula (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena matronula Linnaeus, 1758 = Pleretes matronula agassizi Spuler, 1906 = Pericallia matronula matronula. [9, 10]
Large Tiger.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 4.
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; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
36—40 mm.
Primary colors
Red, Orange, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia. [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Germany, Hungary, Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Average -Amursky, Mid-Volzhsky,Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
- Previously I encountered throughout Europe to Asia, but is now extinct in many places. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Fore wing length of about 4 cm. [5].
Overwintering stage
- They hibernate at Great Bear caterpillar twice. [5].
Subspecies of Pericallia matronula
- Pericallia matronula amurensis Sheljuzhko, 1926. [9]
- P. m. matronula. [9]
- P. m. sachalinensis Draudt, 1931. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Irina Nikulina, Evgeny Komarov. 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
- [5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
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