Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - 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), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, 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-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Novaya Zemlya-Nenets tundra, Lower Volga,Prealtay, of Baikal, Primorye (?), The North-Yenisei, Mid-Amur (?) Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
• The area - the whole of Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Length of front wing - 2-2,6 cm, which is considerably more than the number of similar appearance volnyanok -Arctornis l-nigrum, and the "l-nigrum" on the wings of butterflies no wings and color ... abdomen - pure white, with no shades of green. [5].

General info about Imago

• Poplar avenue on the banks of streams and rivers on flood plains, in the parks - as is usually the case, a butterfly often be found where the caterpillars grow fodder plants. [5].

Imago lifespan

• The meeting of adults - from June to July. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Salix, Populus, also on Betula, Alnus, Quercus. [28].
• Poplar and willow. [5].

Larva lifespan

• The caterpillars can be found from May to June. [5].

Overwintering stage

• Hibernate newly hatched larvae, the length of which does not exceed a few millimeters. [5].

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Leucoma dicella Collenette, 1960

Leucoma dubia (Aurivillius, 1900)

Leucoma eshanensis Chao, 1983

Leucoma euphrix Collenette, 1960

Leucoma flavifrons (Hampson, 1910)

Leucoma flavosulphurea Erschoff, 1872

Leucoma fletcheri Collenette, 1958

Leucoma fusca (Hering, 1926)

Leucoma impressa Snellen, 1877

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Leucoma lechrisemata Collenette, 1959

Leucoma lirioessa Collenette, 1960

Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)

Leucoma maria (Kirby, 1896)

Leucoma melanochila (Hering, 1926)

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Leucoma nigripes (Holland, 1893)

Leucoma nitida Swinhoe, 1903

Leucoma niveata (Walker, 1865)

Leucoma ochripes (Moore, 1879)

Leucoma parallela (Collenette, 1934)

Leucoma parva Plötz, 1880

Leucoma platyrhabda (Collenette, 1931)

Leucoma purissima (Hering, 1926)

Leucoma sartus (Erschoff, 1874)

Leucoma sericea (Moore, 1879)

Leucoma sevastopuloi Collenette, 1955

Leucoma subargentea Felder, 1861

Leucoma surtur (Bang-Haas, 1912)

Leucoma vata Swinhoe, 1903

Leucoma wiltshirei Collenette, 1938

Leucoma xanthocephala (Hering, 1926)

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