Thalera fimbrialis (Scopoli, 1763)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Geometrinae → tribe Thalerini → genus Thalera → species Thalera fimbrialis
Species name(s)
Thalera fimbrialis (Scopoli, 1763) = Phalaena fimbrialis Scopoli, 1763 = Phalaena (Geometra) thymiaria Linnaeus, 1767 = Phalaena fimbriata Hufnagel, 1767 = Geometra bupleuraria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Phalaena fimbriaria Rottemburg, 1777 = Phalaena (Geometra) albaria Esper, [1806] = ochracea Kolossow, 1936 = approximata Lempke, 1949 = tangens Lempke, 1949 = fasciata Hartwieg, 1951 = obsoleta Skala.
Sussex Emerald
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #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; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky.
Forewing length
14—15 mm.
Primary colors
Green.
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
Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Fore wing length of about 1.5 cm. Its color is gray-green or yellowish-green. Color rear wing - the same. The front wings are two bright transverse strips, which can be more or less distinct stripe on the hind wings is only one more tortuous. In the middle of the rear wing fringe - Pull tab. [5]. Peter Khramov.
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy , Mid-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10]. Peter Khramov.
- Moderate Europe. [5]. Peter Khramov.
Lifespan
- Imago fly from mid-June to mid-August the same. [5]. Peter Khramov.
Additional info about Imago
- It occurs on fallow land field furrows and raised bogs, as well as dry heath. [5]. Peter Khramov.
Larva lifespan
- Caterpillar can occur from August to May of the following year. [5]. Peter Khramov.
Larva food plants
- Achillea, Artemisia, Bupleurum, Hypericum, Rubus, Solidago, Thymus, Vaccinium. [28]. Peter Khramov.
- Various herbaceous plants, such as wormwood, goldenrod and thyme and yarrow. [5]. Peter Khramov.
Overwintering stage
- Caterpillar. [5]. Peter Khramov.
Subspecies Thalera fimbrialis
- T. f. chlorosaria Graeser, 1890.
- T. f. magnata Fuchs, 1903.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Evgeny Komarov, Svyatoslav Knyazev. Text data: Peter Khramov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
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
- [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
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