Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Abraxas grossulariata)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Abraxini → genus Abraxas → subgenus Abraxas → species Abraxas grossulariata

Species name(s)

Abraxas (Abraxas) grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758) = Abraxas grossulariatus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Geometra) grossulariata Linnaeus, 1758. [9, 10]

Magpie.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #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; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

18—20 mm.

Primary colors

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

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

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and 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, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands,Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Nizhnevolzhsky , Prealtay, of Baikal,Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Range: Central and Southern Europe, north to Southern Scandinavia. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Fore wing up to 2 cm, bright color, with a white background, black spots and warm yellow stripes on the wings, the body is yellow with black spots. On the hind wings there is no yellow, their general background is white, the spots on them are black. Some forms have more yellow and almost no black (f. dohrni, f. candida, f. lutea), while others have almost no yellow (f. varleyata, f. nigra, f.axantha). [85].

General info about Imago

This type of moth is active at night, although it is often found during the day. Butterflies fly on shrubs — currants, gooseberries and others, in addition, they can be found in floodplain forests, along streams. [85].

Imago lifespan

Summer time: mid-June-late August. [85].

General info about Larva

Abraxas grossulariata caterpillars are active at night. During the daytime, the larvae live in a spacious nest between the leaves of the food plant. The color of the caterpillars is black-white-yellow. Pupation takes place near the soil. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Ribes, Euonymus, Prunus padus, Prunus spinosa, Corylus avellana. [28].
Крыжовниковая пяденица питается крыжовником и смородиной. [85].

Larva lifespan

Larvae live from August to June. [85].

Subspecies of Abraxas grossulariata

Abraxas grossulariata conspurcata Butler. [187]
A. g. dsungarica Wehrli, 1939. [9]
A. g. dzungarica Wehrli, 1939. [187]
A. g. grossulariatus. [9]
A. g. memorabilis Inoue, 1946. [187]
A. g. minor Herz, 1905. [9]
A. g. minor Herz, 1905. [187]
A. g. notabilis Wehrli, 1929. [187]
A. g. ribesata Staudinger, 1892. [9]
A. g. ribesata Staudinger, 1892. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

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
[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