Pterostoma palpina (Clerck, 1759)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Pterostoma palpina (Clerck, 1759) = Euchila palpina = Pterostoma palpinum (Clerck, 1759) = Phalaena palpinum Clerck, 1759 = grisea Kitt, 1914 = brunneum Heinrich, 1938 = Pterostoma salicis Germar, 1812 = Pterostoma tachengensis Cai, 1979. [9, 10, 85]

Pale Prominent.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

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; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #38. Sakhalin.

Forewing length

19—25 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

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

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Euchila palpina. [85].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - The European part of 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, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay , of Baikal,Pribaikalskiy, Sakhalin, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
All of Europe, in the mountains up to 1500 m. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The length of the front wing is 1.9-2.5 cm. On the rear end of the forewing is a denticle of elongated scales. [85].

General info about Imago

The sharp-headed crested eagle flies at night in mixed and floodplain forests, and is found on the edges of forests. [85].

Imago lifespan

Two generations - from the end of April to the beginning of June and from the end of July to August. [85].

General info about Larva

The first generation of Pterostoma palpina caterpillars lives in August and September, the second-in June and July. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

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

Subspecies of Pterostoma palpina

Pterostoma palpina lapponica Teich, 1881. [187]
P. p. lapponicum (Teich, 1881). [10]
P. p. palpina (Clerck, 1759). [10]
P. p. pontica Staudinger, 1901. [187]
P. p. ponticum (Staudinger & Rebel, 1901). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, 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