Notodonta ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Notodontidae → subfamily Notodontinae → tribe Notodontini → genus Notodonta → species Notodonta ziczac

Species name(s)

Notodonta ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) = Eligmodonta ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena ziczac Linnaeus, 1758 = venosa (Fourcroy, 1785) = monticola Dannehl, 1925 = lapponica Dannehl, 1929 = dimorpha Rangnow, 1935 = pallescens Rangnow, 1935 = Notodonda ziczac reisseri Rungs, 1956. [3, 9, 10]

Pebble Prominent.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 9.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #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; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #34. Kamchatsky*; #36. Sredne-Amursky*; #37. Nizhne-Amursky*.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Forewing length

16—18 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

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Larva lifespan

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Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Eligmodonta ziczac. [3].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - 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), Corsica Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), 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, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka (?), Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur (?) Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Mid-Amur (?) Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
It is found throughout Europe, in mountains up to 2500 m. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The forewing is 1.8 cm long and has a dark zigzag pattern with two distinct denticles. [85].

General info about Imago

Zigzag flies in parks and mixed forests. It is found in clearings, swamp and floodplain forests. [85].

Imago lifespan

The butterfly gives two generations — from the end of April to the beginning of June and from the beginning of July to August. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Populus, Salix. [28].
Тополь, ива и осина. [85].

Larva lifespan

From August to September and from June to July. [85].

Overwintering stage

The pupa overwinters. [85].

Subspecies of Notodonta ziczac

Notodonta ziczac derbendica Daniel, 1965. [9]
N. z. derbendica Daniel, 1965. [187]
N. z. pallida Grünberg, 1912. [187]
N. z. reisseri Rungs, 1957. [187]
N. z. ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758). [10]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Nikolai Vladimirov.

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