Hypsopygia costalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Pyraloidea → family Pyralidae → subfamily Pyralinae → tribe Pyralini → genus Hypsopygia → species Hypsopygia costalis
Species name(s)
Hypsopygia costalis (Fabricius, 1775) = Phalaena costalis Fabricius, 1775 = Pyralis fimbrialis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Tortrix purpurana Thunberg, 1784 = Pyralis hyllalis Walker, 1859 = rubrocilialis (Staudinger, 1870). [9, 10]
Gold Triangle.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:9937
Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 8.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic, Nearctic.
Russia regions
#2. Kolsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky*; #40. Primorsky.
* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.
Forewing length
9—12 mm.
Wingspan
17—22 mm.
Primary colors
Red, Orange, 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
Larva.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, 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, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, 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, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central, Western Caucasus, Kola, Lower Volga, Seaside, Mid-Amur (?) Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, South -Uralsky. [3].
- The area - Europe, except for the extreme north, West Asia, in some places in North America. [5].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Length of front wing - from 0.9 to 1.2 cm. The purple-red color of the wings and two yellow stripes, going through both wings, do not allow you to make a mistake in identifying the species. [5].
- Wingspan: 17-22 mm. [PC93].
General info about Imago
- Butterfly lives in houses and barns, found on fences and haystacks (especially in the stacks of clover), readily flies into the light. [5].
Imago lifespan
- It flies from May to September, most - in early August. [5].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Hay. [5].
- Hay, dry leaves [PC93].
Larva lifespan
- Caterpillars appear in autumn and winter until May. [5].
Overwintering stage
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Evgeny Komarov, Igor Sakhno. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
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)
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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