Craniophora ligustri (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Acronictinae → tribe Acronictini → genus Craniophora → species Craniophora ligustri

Species name(s)

Craniophora ligustri (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua ligustri Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Noctua litterata Panzer, 1804 = Noctua coronula Haworth, 1809 = Craniophora carbolucana Hartig, 1968. [9, 10]

The Coronet.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:7019

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 5.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

15—18 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Larva lifespan

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - 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), Cyprus, Corsica Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Nizhne-Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, South Kuril. [3].
Its range is temperate Europe. In the Alps at altitudes up to 800 m [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Forewing length from 1.5 to 1.8 cm, dark color with a slight greenish coating. The species is prone to melanism. [85].

General info about Imago

Claniophora ligustri flies along the edges of deciduous-mixed forests, over water meadows and roads, in parks. [85].

Imago lifespan

Gives two generations - from May to early July and from August to September. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Ligustrum, Fraxinus. [28].
Бирючина. И ясень. [85].

Larva lifespan

September—October and July. [85].

Overwintering stage

The pupa overwinters. [85].

Subspecies of Craniophora ligustri

Craniophora ligustri carbolucana Hartig, 1968. [187]
C. l. gigantea Draudt, 1937. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Sergey Novitckiy.

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
[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
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org