Earias vernana (Fabricius, 1787)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Nolidae → subfamily Chloephorinae → tribe Sarrothripini → genus Earias → species Earias vernana
Species name(s)
Earias vernana (Fabricius, 1787) = Phalaena vernana Fabricius, 1793. [9, 10]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8277
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.
Forewing length
9—10 mm.
Primary colors
Yellow, Green, 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, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Yugoslavia . [1].
- Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine,France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Western Caucasus. [3].
- Disjunctive distribution in Europe. In the north it is very rare. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- The front wing is barely 1 cm long, pale green color, but dark lateral stripes quite a noticeable green tint, these bars are the hallmark Earias vernana from neighbors on a sort -Earias clorana, which has no such strips and wings monochrome. [5].
General info about Imago
- Warm and wet habitats along rivers and riparian forests have always attracted and will attract representatives of this remarkable species, which is found, by the way, at least its relative thereof. [5].
Imago lifespan
- It gives two generations from late April to mid-June and mid-July to August. [5].
General info about Larva
- Caterpillars live in houses made of rolled leaves. [306].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- White poplar (Populus alba). [5].
Larva lifespan
- Caterpillars are found from August to October and from June to July. [5].
Overwintering stage
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Sergey Novitckiy. Text data: Peter Khramov, Irina Nikulina.
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)
- [306] Матов А.Ю., Кононенко В.С. Трофические связи гусениц совкообразных чешуекрылых фауны России (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea: Nolidae, Erebidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae). Владивосток: Дальнаука, 2012.
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