Coscinia cribraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Arctiini → subtribe Callimorphina → genus Coscinia → species Coscinia cribraria

Species name(s)

Coscinia cribraria (Linnaeus, 1758) = Coscinia benderi Marten, 1957 = Phalaena cribraria Linnaeus, 1758 = cribaria Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena cribrum Linnaeus, 1761 = Bombyx colon Hübner, 1793 = Phalaena (Bombyx) cribrellum Esper, 1794 = Bombyx candida Cyrillo, 1787 = Bombyx chrysocephala Hübner, [1810] = Bombyx albeola Geyer, [1831] = Eyprepia coscinia Ochsenheimer, 1810 = Coscinia cyrilli Hübner, ?1827 = Bombyx punctigera Freyer, 1834 = Emydia rippertii Boisduval, 1834 = Emydia candida Herrich-Schäffer, [1846] = Euprepia inquinata Rambur, 1866 = Emydia cribrum sibirica Staudinger, 1892 = bivittata South, 1900 = Eyprepia anglica Oberthür, 1911 = Eyprepia nevadensis Oberthür, 1911 = Eyprepia leucomelas Oberthür, 1911 = Eyprepia rondoui Oberthür, 1911 = murina Oberthür, 1911 = Eyprepia canigulensis Oberthür, 1911 = Eyprepia vernetensis Oberthür, 1911 = transversata Bubacek, 1915 = Coscinia cribraria fumidaria O. Bang-Haas, 1927 = pseudobifasciata Dannehl, 1929 = splendida Dannehl, 1929 = ribbei Draudt, 1933 = quadrifasciata Reisser, 1933 = arenaria Lempke, 1937 = Coscinia cribraria nikitini O. Bang-Haas, 1938 = pannonica Daniel, 1955 = punctata Lempke, 1961 = flavescens Lempke, 1961 = grisea van Wisselingh, 1961 = centralis Agenjo, 1975 = marcosae Agenjo, 1975 = galega Agenjo, 1975 = macrosae Agenjo, 1975 = guidoi Da Silva Cruz, 1978 = jasminda Abós Castel, 1983 = Euprepia cribraria. [9, 10, 85]

Speckled Footman.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #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; #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.

* 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

Coscinia benderi. [85].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France , Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Spain. [1].
Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands,Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Medium Volzhsky, Mid-Ural (?) Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Native to Europe: [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The length of the forewing is no more than 1.8 cm, and even then the females are larger than the males. The upperparts of the forewings are white, with dark lines/spots. [85].

General info about Imago

Dry habitats with heather, especially good for white striped bears dune areas on the Baltic Sea. [85].

Imago lifespan

July August [PC93].
From late June to mid-August. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Taraxacum, Phalaris, Agrostis, Festuca, Elytrigia, Elymus, Calluna, Vaccinium. [28].
Злаки и прочие травы. [85].

Larva lifespan

Coscinia cribraria caterpillars live from August to June of the following year. Pupation takes place on the ground, in a light gray spider nest. [85].

Subspecies of Coscinia cribraria

Coscinia cribraria arenaria Lempke, 1937. [187]
C. c. bivittata South, 1900. [187]
C. c. centralis Agenjo, 1975. [187]
C. c. da Silva Cruz, 1978-1979. [187]
C. c. galega Agenjo, 1975. [187]
C. c. ibicenca Kobes, 1991. [187]
C. c. marcosae Agenjo, 1975. [187]
C. c. pannonica Daniel, 1955. [187]
C. c. splendida Dannehl, 1929. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

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
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov