Gynaephora selenitica (Esper, 1789)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Lymantriinae → tribe Orgyiini → genus Gynaephora → species Gynaephora selenitica
Species name(s)
Gynaephora selenitica (Esper, 1789) = Phalaena (Bombyx) selenitica Esper, 1789 = Bombyx paradoxa Fabricius, 1787 = Bombyx lathyri Hübner, [1803] = Orgyia selenitica. [9, 10]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:6960
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #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*; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky.
* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Estonia. [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia ?, Finland, France (mainland), Estonia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don (?), The European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Mid-Volzhsky, Middle Urals, South Ural . [3].
- In Moscow and the surrounding areas of the Russian Federation, and view uzkolokalen rare. [PC93].
- In Moscow and the surrounding areas of the Russian Federation, and view uzkolokalen rare. [PC93].
General info about Imago
- Imago flying day. [PC93].
General info about Larva
- Caterpillar Polyphagous: feeds on tree species, and the herbaceous plants. On the tree species found only on the "undergrowth", which indicates a predisposition to herbaceous plants [PC93].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Onobrychis, Prunus, Berberis, Trifolium. [28].
- Meadowsweet (Filipendula), oak (Quercus), Rowan (Sórbus), Willow (Sálix), Apple (Mālus), Mouse peas (Vícia crácca), Ononis spinosa (Ononis spinosa), Sekiroplodnik spotted (Securigera varia), Lyutserna crescent (Medicago falcata) [PC93].
Overwintering stage
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Paolo Mazzei, Oleg Seliverstov. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
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
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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