Cerura erminea (Esper, 1783)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Notodontidae → subfamily Notodontinae → tribe Dicranurini → genus Cerura → subgenus Apocerura → species Cerura erminea

Species name(s)

Cerura (Apocerura) erminea (Esper, 1783) = Phalaena (Bombyx) erminea Esper, 1783. [9, 10]

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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; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

25—28 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

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Larva lifespan

January

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central, Trans-Baikal, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Tuva, South West Siberian,South Ural. [3].
Ареал — Европа.. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Длина переднего крыла составляет до 2,8 см. Фоновым цветом крыльев служит, как это ни странно, белый, да и брюшко тоже белое, в том числе и с нижней стороны (в отличие от гарпии большой, у которой низ брюшка бледно-серый). [85].

General info about Imago

Белую гарпию можно встретить на заливных лугах, а также в тополевых аллеях и парках. Встречается реже большой гарпии. [85].

Imago lifespan

С середины мая до начала июля. [85].

General info about Larva

Строит кокон «из откусанных и измельченных кусочков дерева». [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Populus. [28].
Ива и тополь. [85].

Larva lifespan

Гусеница Cerura erminea водится в июле и августе. [85].

Subspecies of Cerura erminea

Cerura erminea erminea (Esper, 1783). [10]
C. e. teberdina Kornejev, 1939. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Irina Nikulina, Andrey Ponomarev.

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