Tholera decimalis (Poda, 1761)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Tholerini → genus Tholera → species Tholera decimalis

Species name(s)

Tholera decimalis (Poda, 1761) = Phalaena (Geometra) decimalis Poda, 1761 = Bombyx popularis Fabricius, 1775 = Bombyx lolii Esper, 1785 = Phalaena typicoides Donovan, 1811 = Tholera popularis nervosa Zerny, 1927. [9, 10]

Feathered Gothic.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 6.

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; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky.

Forewing length

16—18 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

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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, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, 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, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)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, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy,Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
All of Europe, at altitudes up to 2000 m. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Front fender — up to 1.8 cm. The wings are dark, with a very distinctive pattern on them, light veins. Antennae of males with long scallops. Very long body with light and dark rings. [85].

General info about Imago

Habitat: wet meadows and swamps. [85].

Imago lifespan

Adults of Tholera decimalis are found from August to September. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Gramineae. [28].
Корни злаков. [85].

Larva lifespan

The caterpillars live from September to July. [85].

Subspecies of Tholera decimalis

Tholera decimalis chebka Rungs, 1941. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alexandr Zhakov, Sergey Talanov.

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