Isturgia arenacearia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Ennominae → tribe Macariini → genus Isturgia → species Isturgia arenacearia

Species name(s)

Isturgia arenacearia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Tephrina arenacearia ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775) = Geometra arenacearia Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775. [3, 9, 10]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny*; #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; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Wingspan

21—27 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Tephrina arenacearia. [3].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Malta, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Crete, Macedonia ?, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Northeast (?), The European Central Black Earth, Central European, Trans-Baikal, Western Caucasus, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Seaside, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan: 21-27 mm. [PC93].

Imago lifespan

May-Aug [PC93].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Coronilla varia. [28].
Vyazel (Coronilla) [PC93].

Subspecies of Isturgia arenacearia

Isturgia arenacearia arenacearia. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

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
[PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov