Ectropis crepuscularia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Boarmiini → genus Ectropis → species Ectropis crepuscularia
Species name(s)
Ectropis crepuscularia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Geometra crepuscularia Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = bistortata Goeze, 1781 = virginiaria (Cramer, 1780) = occiduaria (Guenée, 1857) = signaria (Walker, 1860) = spatiosaria (Walker, 1860) = intrataria (Walker, 1860) = cineraria (Walker, 1860) = abraxaria (Walker, 1860) = divisaria (Walker, 1860) = fumataria (Minot, 1869) = fernaldaria (Hulst, 1888). [9, 10]
Small Engrailed.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 8.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #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; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.
Wingspan
35—40 mm.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France , Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- 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 European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan: 35-40 mm. [PC93].
Imago lifespan
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Betula, Salix, Larix, as well as other trees and shrubs. [28].
- Deciduous trees and shrubs, blueberries (Vaccínium myrtíllus), Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Cornflower (Centaurea), Thistle (Círsium) [PC93].
Subspecies of Ectropis crepuscularia
- Ectropis crepuscularia albolimbata Alberti, 1954. [187]
- E. c. bergmanaria Bryk, 1948. [187]
- E. c. crepuscularia Denis and Schiffermüller], 1775. [186]
- E. c. laricaria (Doubleday, 1847). [10]
- E. c. lutamentaria Graeser, 1888. [187]
- E. c. pallidaria Krulikovsky, 1910. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Nikolai Vladimirov. Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, 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
- [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
- [186] Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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