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]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8315

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

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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].
Its range is Europe.. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The length of the front wing is up to 2.8 cm. The background color of the wings is, oddly enough, white, and the abdomen is also white, including on the underside (unlike the large harpy, which has a pale gray underside of the abdomen). [85].

General info about Imago

The white harpy can be found in water meadows, as well as in poplar alleys and parks. It is less common than the great harpy. [85].

Imago lifespan

From mid-May to early July. [85].

General info about Larva

Builds a cocoon "from bitten and crushed pieces of wood." [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Populus. [28].
Ива и тополь. [85].

Larva lifespan

The caterpillar Cerura erminea is found in July and August. [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