Braunbinden wave belt tensioner

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Braunbinden wave belt tensioner
Brown banded wedge tensioner (Scotopteryx chenopodiata)

Brown banded wedge tensioner
( Scotopteryx chenopodiata )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Larentiinae
Genre : Scotopteryx
Type : Braunbinden wave belt tensioner
Scientific name
Scotopteryx chenopodiata
( Linnaeus , 1758)
Braunbinden wave belt tensioner

The brown banded- wavy welted moth ( Scotopteryx chenopodiata ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the Spanner (Geometridae) and is classified in their subfamily Larentiinae .

features

The moths reach a wingspan of 25 to 30 millimeters. Their coloring is highly variable. The basic color ranges from yellow-brown, through light brown, red-brown and gray-brown to gray. The forewings carry several, mostly parallel brown to dark brown, jagged transverse lines that are differently distinct. Noticeable is a broad dark brown band that runs in the middle of the forewing and the edges of which are also jagged. The males have strongly combed antennae , while those of the females are thread-like.

The light gray, later darkening, shiny egg is round and has a net structure on the surface.

The caterpillar is yellowish gray to slate gray. The back line is dark and interrupted, the side stripes are light and continuous.

The red-brown shiny doll has a dotted surface. The cremaster is wide, with two long hook-shaped thorns and two fine side bristles rolled up at the tip.

distribution

The brown bandage wave belt tensioner can be found from the Iberian Peninsula across Europe to the Far East of Russia ( Sakhalin Island ). In the north it is found in northern Fennoscandia, in the south from the Iberian Peninsula via Italy, the Balkan Peninsula to Central Asia ( Altai Mountains ).

Habitat

The species can be found practically anywhere. However, it is particularly common in somewhat drier and natural locations. It occurs in almost all altitudes up to the mountains at an altitude of 2000 m.

Way of life

The caterpillar overwinters, pupation takes place in the earth.

The moths are diurnal and nocturnal. During the day they like to suckle on flowers, at night they come to light. While searching for nectar, the moths were observed on the following plants, among others:

Flight and caterpillar times

The animals fly in one generation from around June to August, at higher altitudes from July to August. The caterpillars can be found in August. They overwinter and continue their development in June of the following year.

Food of the caterpillars

The caterpillars feed on the following forage plants:

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke: We determine butterflies. 3. Edition. Neumann, Radebeul 1991, ISBN 3-7402-0092-8 .

literature

  • Arno Bergmann: The large butterflies of Central Germany. Volume 5/1: Spanner. Distribution, forms and communities. Urania-Verlag, Jena 1955, DNB 450378403 .
  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg Volume 8, Nachtfalter VI (Spanner (Geometridae) 1st part), Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 2001. ISBN 3-8001-3497-7
  • Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 5: Spanner. (Geometridae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-04951-5 .
  • David J. Carter, Brian Hargreaves: Caterpillars and Butterflies of Europe and their Forage Plants. Blackwell Wissenschaftsverlag 1987, ISBN 3-8263-8139-4

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