Aglia tau (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

• Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia , Yugoslavia. [1].
• Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, 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-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Trans-Baikal, West Caucasian (?), Kaliningrad (?), Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva (?), South-West-Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia . [3].
• The area - almost the whole of Europe to 62 ° N. w. By and large, the butterfly is tied only to the beech forests, and therefore lives in Asia, and in the east comes to Japan. But the British Isles red pavlinoglazki not. [5].
• Wingspan: 60-85 mm. [PC93].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Length of front wing - 3-3,9 cm. The background of the wings - orange-brown, and the typical pavlinoglazok oculate spots - dark blue. Complementing the beauty of the dark border around the edge of the wings. Females with one side bigger than the other - less brightly colored, but still without a dark border, but only with a dark stripe. Antennae of females long, thin, male - comb.The body is more slender males than in females, which is also strongly pubescent. [5].
• Wingspan: 60-85 mm. [PC93].

General info about Imago

• Males fly much faster than females, the latter often do not fly, and currently sit on a piece of beech wood so let pheromones into space, thus declaring their readiness to mate. And to reach them - the case of males.Flying the same day they are particularly fond of midday, the sun, where they can be seen flying close to the ground surface of tall beech forests. [5].

Imago lifespan

• One generation. From mid-April to May. [5].

General info about Larva

• Caterpillar coexists with twin horns on his back, which, however, after the third molt still disappear. The adult caterpillar is green with a yellow stripe and lateral yellow ring around his neck. Red stigmata. Young caterpillars live in groups, and later crawl one.For pupation lightweight woven mesh cocoon and caterpillar climbs a fallen beech leaves. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Betula, Alnus glutinosa, A. incana, Salix caprea, Sorbus aucuparia, Tilia cordata, Quercus, Corylus avellana. [28].
• Beech, especially young leaves. Also - birch, oak, blackthorn and apple. [5].

Larva lifespan

• The larva of A. tau lives from May until early August. [5].

Overwintering stage

• Winters doll. [5].

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Aglia japonica Leach, [1889]