Tethea or (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Drepanoidea → family Drepanidae → subfamily Thyatirinae → genus Tethea → species Tethea or

Species name(s)

Tethea or (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua or Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = ypsilongraecum (Goeze, 1781) = gammagraecum (Retzius, 1783) = consobrina (Borkhausen, 1790) = octogena (Esper, 1791) = Phalaena (Noctua) gemina Beckwith, 1794 = flavicornis Aurivillius, 1888 = hela Rangnow, 1935 = nigrescens Werny, 1966 = Noctua consobrina Borkhausen, 1790 = Phalaena gamma-graecum Retzius, 1783 = Noctua gemina Beckwith, 1794 = Noctua octogena Esper, 1791 = Bombyx undata Fabricius, 1787 = Noctua ypsilon-graecum Goeze, 1781 = Cymatophora albingensis Warnecke, 1908 = Cymatophora albingoflavimacula Hasebroek, 1916 = Cymatophora albingoradiata Bunge, 1911 = Cymatophora albingosubcoeca Bunge, 1913 = Cymatophora clausa Wehrli, 1917 = Palimpsestis confluens Closs, 1917 = Cymatophora costaenigrata Kujau, 1917 = Cymatophora costinigrata Kujau, 1917 = Palimpsestis dilutior Rangnow, 1935 = Cymatophora discolor Warren, 1912 = Cymatophora fasciata Stöckl., 1922 = Cymatophora fasciata Spuler, 1908 = Cymatophora flavistigmata Tutt, 1891 = Cymatophora fuscostigmata Strand, 1903 = Palimpsestis interrupta Lempke, 1938 = Cymatophora juncta Kauchi = Cymatophora marginata Warnecke, 1911 = Tethea nigrescens Lempke 1960 = Tethea nigrofasciata Lempke 1960 = Cymatophora obsoleta Valle, 1941 = Cymatophora obscura Spuler, 1908 = Cymatophora permarginata Hasebroek = Tethea radiata Lempke 1960 = Cymatophora roberti Ruhmann, 1913 = Palimpsestis rufa Houlbert, 1921 = Tethea simplex Lempke 1960 = Cymatophora tangens Strand, 1927 = Cymatophora unifasciata Spuler, 1908 = Cymatophora unimaculata Aurivillius, 1888. [9, 10, 187]

Poplar Lutestring.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

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; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

17—22 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

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

Over-wintering stage

Pupa.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Russia, Romania,Northern Ireland, 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, 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, Lower Volga, Prealtay, of Baikal,Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].
The area - a fair Europe, in the east area comes to East Asia and Korea and Japan. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing - from 1.7 to 2.2 cm. The wing pattern is very similar to the scoop, but they differ markedly from veining. In gray-brown forewings have representatives present gray sovkovidok is characteristic kidney-shaped white spot, and the inner and outer cross band consist of four wavy lines.Hind wings brown with a gray fringe. A similar view -Tethea ocularis- has a more bright pattern, with white rims of the ring and reniform spots, with white transverse stripe and white fringe on the hind wings. [5].

General info about Imago

Solar field in the deciduous forests, heath and meadows, gardens and parks - places volley. The moths are active at night. [5].

Imago lifespan

Tethea or flies in two generations - from the end of April to July and from July to August. [5].

General info about Larva

Color tracks - light green, with a dark stripe on the back and a yellowish - on the side. Living larvae of sovkovidki bonded webs between the leaves of aspen and other poplars. Pupation occurs in the soil between the fallen leaves. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Populus tremula, P. nigra, P. balsamifera, Betula. [28].
Willow, aspen, poplar. [5].

Larva lifespan

August-September, June and July. [5].

Overwintering stage

Winters doll, between fallen leaves. [5].

Subspecies of Tethea or

Tethea or hela Rangnow, 1935. [187]
T. o. hibernica Turner, 1927. [187]
T. o. koreibia Bryk, 1948. [187]
T. o. nigrescens Werny, 1966. [187]
T. o. or. [9]
T. o. scotica Tutt, 1891. [187]
T. o. terrosa Graeser, 1888. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

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