Eilema depressa (Esper, 1787)

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 depressa

Species name(s)

Eilema depressa (Esper, 1787) = Eilema deplana = Eilema depressum = Noctua luteola Hübner, 1788 = Bombyx helvola Hübner, [1803] = Bombyx ochreola Hübner, [1803] = Lithosia helveola Ochsenheimer, 1810 = unicolor Bankes, 1902 = atra Torstenius, 1956 = albescens Lempke, 1961 = flavescens Lempke, 1961 = Ilema depressa = Eilema deplana deplana = Eilema deplanum. [9, 10, 85]

Buff Footman.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Forewing length

12—14 mm.

Primary colors

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 			

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Eilema deplana; Eilema depressum. [85].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, 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, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands,Poland, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Habitat type - Central Europe, especially in its southern part. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - 1.2-1.4 cm. The females are larger and darker than males (dark purple, with yellow border on the front fenders), males, respectively, smaller and lighter - pale blue with yellow. [5].

General info about Imago

Flat lishaynitsa inhabits coniferous and occasionally in deciduous forests in the twilight. [5].

Imago lifespan

It flies from late June to August in one generation. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Lichen, Parmelia, Hagenia, Pleurococcus. [28].
Lichens on conifers, rarely on deciduous trees. [5].

Larva lifespan

Caterpillar Eilema depressa lives from August to June. [5].

Overwintering stage

Winters caterpillar in the cracks on the trunk. [5].

Subspecies of Eilema depressa

Eilema depressa bergmani Bryk, 1948. [187]
E. d. depressum. [9]
E. d. pavescens Butler, 1877. [187]
E. d. pavescens (Butler, 1877). [9]
E. d. sinica Daniel, 1954. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Vitaly Gumenuk.

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
[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)
[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