Clostera pigra (Hufnagel, 1766)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Notodontidae → subfamily Pygaerinae → genus Clostera → species Clostera pigra
Species name(s)
Clostera pigra (Hufnagel, 1766) = pigra (Hufnagel, 1766) = reclusa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) = alticaudafurcata Retzius, 1783 = suffusa Stephens, 1839 = superior Rangnow, 1935. [9, 10]
Small Chocolate-tip.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 2.
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; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.
Forewing length
12—13 mm.
Primary colors
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
Distribution
- 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, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, 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, 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, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal , Pribaikalskiy, Seaside,Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
- The area - Europe, but not in the north, and is found in the mountains, but not higher than 2500 m. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Length of front wing - 1.3 cm. The color - dark purple. [5].
General info about Imago
- Fly through a filling meadows and heath. [5].
Imago lifespan
- From May to June and from July to August. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Populus, Salix. [28].
- Willow, aspen, poplar. [5].
Larva lifespan
- Caterpillar - from September to October and from June to July. [5].
Pupa
- Dolly - in a cocoon between leaves. [5].
Subspecies of Clostera pigra
- Clostera pigra pigra. [9]
- C. p. staudingeri Koçak, 1980. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Svyatoslav Knyazev, 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
- [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
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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