Diacrisia sannio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
• Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
• 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, Western Yakutia, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, North Urals, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
• Areal Diacrisia sannio - Europe up to 68 ° N. w., disjunctive (previously entirely in the disjunction accused persons). In the mountains - up to 2400 m. [5].
• Kazakhstan [PC1149].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Length of front wing does not exceed 2.5 cm. The male is larger females, his yellow wings, each of them - one red spot in the center of the rear wings with a gray patina. In females, brighter color and the smaller the size, the front wings - to orange-red, almost black tail, with red edges. [5].
• Wingspan: 35-48 mm. [PC93].

General info about Imago

• Flies on the marshy meadows, swamp forests and moist glades, overgrown with grass. And the males - by day and night and at dusk, and the females are rare, often sit on various plants (bedstraw, Dandelion, plantain). Sometimes, there are individuals with a slightly reduced wings. [5].

Imago lifespan

• Flight of time: June-July. Sometimes it is the second generation - from July to August. [5].

General info about Larva

• Meadow-bear caterpillars are active at night. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Alnus, Salix, Polygonum, Trifolium, Chamaenerion, Calluna, Vaccinium, Plantago, Cirsium, Taraxacum, Hieracium. [28].
• Plantain, cleavers, nettle and Dandelion. [5].
• Plantain (Plantago), bedstraw (Galium), Nettle (Urtica), alder (Alnus), willow (Salix), Highlander (Polygonum), Heather (Calluna vulgaris), clover (Trifolium), Thistle (Cirsium), Dandelion (Taraxacum) , hawkweed (Hieracium), Kulbaba (Leontodon) [PC93].

Larva lifespan

• Caterpillar: the first generation from September to May, the second - from July to August. [5].

Egg

• Stage eggs - 7 days [PC1149].

18.06.2015 14:40, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 35—48 mm.

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