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Eilema complana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Eilema complana)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → tribe Lithosiini → subtribe Lithosiina → genus Eilema → species Eilema complana

Species name(s)

Eilema complana (Linnaeus, 1758) = Eilema complanum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena complana Linnaeus, 1758 = ochrocephala Geoffroy, 1785 = Lithosia complanata Costa, 1833 = Lithosia sericea Gregson, 1860 = Lithosia molybdeola Guenée, 1861 = Crambidia allegheniensis Holland, 1903 = balcanica Daniel, 1939 = postgrisescens Lempke, 1961 = Ilema sericea = Eilemea complana = Ilema complana = Eilema complana complana. [3, 9, 10]

Scarce Footman.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Nearctic.

Russia regions

#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; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.

Forewing length

13—14 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Yellow, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

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

Имаго (Eilema complana)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Finland France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Russia,Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, 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, the Western Caucasus, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
  • Its range is Temperate Europe. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The length of the front wing is 1.4 cm. A yellow stripe runs along the front of the wing. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Habitat: deciduous-mixed forests, clearings. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Common lichen imagos are active from late June to August, always in only one generation. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Lichen, Parmelia, P. physodes, P. saxatilis. [28].
  • Лишайники, сухая листва дуба и бука. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Eilema complana caterpillars live from September to June. [85].

Overwintering stage

  • Caterpillars spend the winter "in the crevices of the soil". [85].

Subspecies of Eilema complana

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vlad Proklov, Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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