Orgyia recens (Hubner, 1819)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Lymantriinae → tribe Orgyiini → genus Orgyia → subgenus Clethrogyna → species Orgyia recens
Species name(s)
Orgyia (Clethrogyna) recens (Hubner, 1819) = Teia recens (Hubner, [1819]) = Gynaephora recens Hübner, [1819] = Phalaena gonostigma Linnaeus, 1767 = Telochurus recens = Orgyia (Clethrogyna) recens = Notolophus gonostigma. [3, 9, 10]
Scarce Vapourer.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #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; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.
* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.
Forewing length
14—15 mm.
Primary colors
Red, 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 |
Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia . [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (mainland part), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland,France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasian (?), Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy , Primorye, Sakhalin,Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
- The area - a fair Europe, up to 2000 m in the mountains. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- The female with reduced wings (can not fly) is less than the male, like a barrel. The male Red-fly can he orange-brown with black line on each front wing (the length of the latter - about 1.5 cm). [5].
General info about Imago
- Flightless females are attracted to males spotted red-specific odor. [5].
Imago lifespan
- Kind of gives you two generations - from June to July and from August to September. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Betula, Alnus, Salix, Quercus, Malus, Prunus, Populus, Rubus, Crataegus. [28].
- Deciduous trees, blackthorn. [5].
Larva lifespan
- May and July-August. [5].
Egg
- The female lays eggs Orgyia recens right on the same chrysalis, from which it hatched. [5].
Subspecies of Orgyia recens
- Orgyia recens approximans Butler, 1881. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrey Ponomarev, Diego Reggianti. 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
- [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)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
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