Rivula sericealis (Scopoli, 1763)

Имаго (Rivula sericealis)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Rivulinae → genus Rivula → species Rivula sericealis

Species name(s)

Rivula sericealis (Scopoli, 1763) = Phalaena sericealis Scopoli, 1763 = munda Hufnagel, 1766 = oenipontana Hellweger, 1908. [9, 10]

Straw Dot.

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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; #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; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

9—10 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, 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

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Turkey - European part, 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 , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, 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-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay , of Baikal, Primorye, Sakhalin,Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
Temperate Europe, up to 1600 m altitude. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Forewing 1 cm long, yellowish, light color, with a dark reniform spot. [85].

General info about Imago

The small owl lives in wet areas of the area — in water meadows and swamp forests, along the banks of rivers and streams. It is active both at night and during the day. [85].

Imago lifespan

In slightly favorable years — one generation in the period from May to September. In others-2 or even 3 generations in the same time period. [85].

General info about Larva

Caterpillars are open-living, on the leaves of a forage plant. Pupate openly on the stem of a forage plant. [306].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Gramineae. [28].
Дикие злаки. [85].
Urtica, Astragalus glycyphyllos, Astragalus propinquus, Coronilla, Vicia, Carex, Agropyron tsukushiense, Agrostis stolonifera, Baldingera, Brachypodium pinnatum, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Bromus, Calamagrostis, Dactylis glomerata, Elytrigia repens, Festuca arundinacea, Festuca elatior, Lollium perenne, Molinia caerulea, Phalaris arundinacea, Poa, Sasa. [306].

Larva lifespan

Larvae: August to May. [85].

Overwintering stage

Small scoops overwinter at the caterpillar stage. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Nikolai Vladimirov, Svyatoslav Knyazev.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Irina Nikulina.

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
[306] Матов А.Ю., Кононенко В.С. Трофические связи гусениц совкообразных чешуекрылых фауны России (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea: Nolidae, Erebidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae). Владивосток: Дальнаука, 2012.