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Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго  (Scoliopteryx libatrix)

Taxonomy

class Insecta subclass Pterygota infraclass Neoptera superorder Holometabola order Lepidoptera superfamily Noctuoidea family Erebidae subfamily Scoliopteryginae tribe Scoliopterygini genus Scoliopteryx → species Scoliopteryx libatrix

Species name(s)

Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena libatrix Linnaeus, 1758 = Bombyx libatricus Haworth, 1803. [9, 10]

The Herald.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:6989

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 7.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Nearctic.

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; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #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; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

20—22 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Yellow, 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

Имаго  (Scoliopteryx libatrix)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - 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, Iceland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland) Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Faroe Islands, 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, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga,Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North Sea of ​​Okhotsk, the North Urals, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
  • Kazakhstan [PC1149].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Salix, Populus. [28].
  • salix (willow), Aspen (Populus tremula), Poplar (Populus), raspberry (Rubus), Rowan (Sorbus), Cyprus (Epilobium). [PC93].
  • Ива, тополь. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Nikolai Vladimirov, Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov, Alexander Belousov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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