Laspeyria flexula (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Имаго (Laspeyria flexula)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Aventiinae → genus Laspeyria → species Laspeyria flexula

Species name(s)

Laspeyria flexula (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Bombyx flexula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775. [9, 10]

Beautiful Hook-tip.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 5.

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; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

13—14 mm.

Primary colors

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 			

Over-wintering stage

Larva.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, 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, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Seaside , Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky,Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
The area - a fair Europe, disjunctive, at altitudes up to 1,500 meters. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The front wing - 1.4 cm. Very sharp, elongated top and cross almost straight line (only one rear wing). [5].

General info about Imago

Habitats: coniferous and rarely mixed forests (if they are mixed with conifers). [5].

Imago lifespan

Serpokrylov scoop flies from July to the end of August to the adult stage. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Laspeyria flexula has expressed food specialization, eating coniferous trees growing on lichens. [5].

Larva lifespan

Live from August to early June next year (wintering) in the caterpillar stage. [5].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [5].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vlad Proklov, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

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
[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)