Adactylotis gesticularia

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Adactylotis gesticularia
Adactylotis gesticularia, ocher-colored form

Adactylotis gesticularia , ocher-colored form

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Ennominae
Genre : Adactylotis
Type : Adactylotis gesticularia
Scientific name
Adactylotis gesticularia
( Huebner , 1817)
whitish shape

Adactylotis gesticularia is a butterfly fromthe Spanner family (Geometridae). The species name is derived from the Latin word gesticularius meaning "pantomine" and was apparently chosen arbitrarily.

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 23 to 36 millimeters. The apex is pointed. The basic color of the upper sides of the wings varies in both sexes from ocher to white. All wings are provided with fine gray-brown speckles. Two predominantly straight, dark brown transverse lines on the upper side of the fore wing continue, weakened, on the hind wings. Another, inner transverse line is only hinted at, but is mostly missing entirely. The middle transverse line is particularly strong. The drawing of the wing tops shines through to the hind wing undersides.

Similar species

In the brown-forehead whitewater ( Cabera exanthemata ), the inner transverse line is always clearly developed. All three transverse lines are wavy or toothed.

distribution and habitat

The distribution area of Adactylotis gesticularia extends through Spain and Portugal as well as through southern France . The species is represented in Morocco with the subspecies Adactylotis gesticularia ungemachi . The main habitat are oak forests. In the mountains, the species rises to heights of at least 1500 meters.

Way of life

The moths are nocturnal and fly in two to three generations between March and October. At night they sometimes appear in large numbers from artificial light sources . The caterpillars feed on the leaves of oak species ( Quercus ), primarily holm oak ( Quercus ilex ), Portuguese oak ( Quercus faginea ), Pyrenees oak ( Quercus pyrenaica ) or Kermes oak ( Quercus coccifera ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arnold Spuler: The butterflies of Europe , Volume 2, E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1910, p. 116
  2. ↑ a b c Bernd Müller, Sven Erlacher, Axel Hausmann, Hossein Rajaei, Pasi Sihvonen & Peder Skou: The Geometrid Moth of Europe, Volume 6 Part 1, Subfamily Ennominae II (Boarmiini, Gnophini, additions to previous volumes) , Brill, Leiden / Boston, 2019, ISBN 978-90-04-25222-6 , pp. 448-450
  3. ↑ a b Victor M. Redondo, Javier Gastón, Ramón Gimeno: Geometridae Ibericae , Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 2009, ISBN 978-87-88757-81-1 , p. 87

literature

  • Bernd Müller, Sven Erlacher, Axel Hausmann, Hossein Rajaei, Pasi Sihvonen & Peder Skou: The Geometrid Moth of Europe, Volume 6 Part 1, Subfamily Ennominae II (Boarmiini, Gnophini, additions to previous volumes) , Brill, Leiden / Boston, 2019 , ISBN 978-90-04-25222-6

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