Ptilodon capucina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Notodontidae → subfamily Notodontinae → tribe Notodontini → genus Ptilodon → species Ptilodon capucina
Species name(s)
Ptilodon capucina (Linnaeus, 1758) = Ptilodon capucinus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena capucina Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena camelina Linnaeus, 1758 = nordlandica Strand, 1901 = uniformis Rangnow, 1935. [9, 10]
Coxcomb 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; #21. Severo-Yeniseisky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
18—20 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 |
Over-wintering stage
Pupa.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, 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), Latvia , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, 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, Nizhny -Amursky, Lower Volga, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North-Yenisei, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
- Europe, to a height of 1000 m. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Length of front wing - 2 cm. Clove and dark spot on the upper side of the rear wings. Color - red-brown. [5].
General info about Imago
- Butterfly flies through the floodplain and mixed forests, parks. [5].
Imago lifespan
- In Ptilodon capucina is two generations - in late April - June and in late June - the end of August. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Quercus, Salix, Populus, Tilia, Betula, Corylus, Carpinus, Ulmus. [28].
- Oak, beech, birch and other deciduous trees. [5].
Larva lifespan
- The caterpillar lives from August to September, and from June to July. [5].
Overwintering stage
- In lime Corydalis wintering stage is a doll. [5].
Subspecies of Ptilodon capucina
- Ptilodon capucina capucina (Linnaeus, 1758). [10]
- P. c. kuwayamae Matsumura, 1919. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Nikolai Vladimirov, Vitaly Gumenuk. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
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
- [5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
- [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
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