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Eilema sororcula (Hufnagel, 1766)

Имаго Eilema sororcula

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 sororcula

Species name(s)

Eilema sororcula (Hufnagel, 1766) = Eilema sororculum (Hufnagel, 1766) = Phalaena sororcula Hufnagel, 1766 = crocella Geoffroy, 1785 = Noctua unita Esper, 1787 = crocinella de Villers, 1789 = Bombyx aureola Hübner, [1803] = aurantia Haworth, 1809 = flava Lempke, 1938 = Ilema sororcula. [3, 9, 10]

Orange Footman.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #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; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

12—13 mm.

Wingspan

26—30 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow.

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 sororcula

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Eilema sororcula. [PC74].

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European Northeast, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Seaside, Medium Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, South Ural. [3].
  • The area - Europe, disjunctive at an altitude of 1000 m. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Length of front wing - 1.3 cm. The color luminous color - from dark yellow to bright yellow, though there are very pale specimens. Unlike related species, the front edge of the front wing of the golden lishaynitsy approximately 2/3 of the strongly curved. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Butterfly flies through the deciduous and mixed forests. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Of all the golden lishaynits appear before all - in May and continued to fly until June. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Lichens. [28].
  • Lichens. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • The caterpillar crawling from July to September. [5].

Overwintering stage

  • Winters Eilema sororculum at the pupal stage, on the ground, in brown web cocoon. [5].

Subspecies of Eilema sororcula

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Evgeny Komarov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

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30.05.2014 20:46, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 26—30 mm.

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