Cerura vinula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Cerura (Cerura) vinula (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena vinula Linnaeus, 1758 = Bombyx phantoma Dalman, 1823 = gnoma (Fabricius, 1777) = diuramajor (Retzius, 1783). [9, 10]

Puss Moth.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8320

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 8.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #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; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky.

Forewing length

36—40 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland) Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, 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, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy North -Ohotomorsky, Mid-Volzhsky,Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Ареал — вся Европа до полярного круга. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Бабочка, больше известная внешним видом своей личиночной стадии. Длина переднего крыла — до 4 см. Рисунок крыльев черно-белый (больше белый), внутри с плотными чешуйками, кнаружи — с редкими. Отличается от белой гарпии не только размерами, но и серым (а не белым) низом брюшка. Под низом имеется ввиду нижняя сторона. [85].

General info about Imago

Местообитания: пойменные леса, вдоль ручьев и водоемов. Бабочка активна по ночам. [85].

Imago lifespan

Гарпия летает с конца апреля до начала июля. [85].

General info about Larva

Гусеница Cerura vinula зеленая, с выразительной головой на одном конце тела и длинным вильчатым хвостом — на другом. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Populus, Salix. [28].
Ива и тополь. [85].

Subspecies of Cerura vinula

Cerura vinula amseli De Lattin, Becker & Roesler, 1974. [187]
C. v. benderi De Lattin, Becker & Roesler, 1974. [187]
C. v. benderi (Lattin, Becker & Roesler 1974). [10]
C. v. estonica (Huene, 1905). [10]
C. v. felina Butler, 1877. [187]
C. v. intermedia Teich., 1949. [187]
C. v. irakana Heydemann, Schulte & Remane, 1963. [9]
C. v. minax Hübner, 1804. [187]
C. v. phantoma Dalman, 1823. [187]
C. v. phantoma (Dalman, 1823). [10]
C. v. przewalskii Alphéraky, 1882. [187]
C. v. vinula (Linnaeus, 1758). [10]
C. v. vinula. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

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