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Selenia tetralunaria (Hufnagel, 1767)

Самец (Selenia tetralunaria)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Ennomini → genus Selenia → species Selenia tetralunaria

Species name(s)

Selenia tetralunaria (Hufnagel, 1767).

Purple Thorn.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 7.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #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; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #29. Zapadno-Yakutsky; #30. Vostochno-Yakutsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

15—20 mm.

Wingspan

27—42 mm.

Primary colors

Red, Orange, 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

Самка (Selenia tetralunaria)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden , Estonia. [1].
  • Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland) Channel Islands, Poland, Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine,Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Eastern Yakutia, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Yakutia, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Amur Medium, Medium-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
  • Вся Европа. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Передние крылья — от 1,5 до 2 см. Цвет — от темно-оливкого до темно-коричневого. В вершинах кыльев по фиолетовому полумесяцу. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Места лёта: сады и парки, кроме того — лиственно-смешанные леса, заливные луга и болота, берега озер и рек. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • April - August [PC93].
  • Selenia tetralunaria дает пару генераций в апреле—мае и июне—августе. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Betula, Alnus, Rosa, Malus, Prunus, Fraxinus. [28].
  • Oak (Quercus), alder (Alnus), hazel (Corylus), willow (Salix), birch (Betula), linden (Tilia) [PC93].
  • Корм лунчатой четырехполосой пяденицы состоит из дуба, ольхи, ивы и прочих древесных растений. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Гусеница: с августа по сентябрь и с мая по июнь. [85].

Subspecies of Selenia tetralunaria

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

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04.07.2014 16:40, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 27—42 mm.

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