Broken willow carmine
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Broken willow carmine ( Catocala pacta ) |
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The broken willow carmine ( Catocala pacta ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae).
features
butterfly
With a wingspan of about 42 to 52 millimeters, broken willow carmine is a relatively small type of ribbon that also has noticeably narrow front wings . The color varies from light gray or bluish-gray to gray-brown. Kidney defects are highlighted in dark and highlighted with a light spot. The outer jagged cross line and the also jagged wavy line run close to each other. The hind wings are light red and show a broad, black band, an equally colored, curved central band and white fringes. The predominantly red colored upper side of the abdomen is characteristic of the species. It is unmistakable due to the aforementioned features.
Egg, caterpillar and pupa
The egg is hemispherical, reddish brown in color and provided with up to forty straight longitudinal ribs, more than half of which reach the micropyl zone . The caterpillars have an ash-gray or reddish-gray color with a darker marbling. An M-shaped drawing can be seen on each back segment. The belly side is white and has black spots. There are also yellow warts, white edged, black stigmas and short, gray side fringes. On the eighth segment a blackish or reddish, sometimes orange-colored dotted bulge emerges. Two black-brown tips can also be seen on the eleventh segment. The head is gray. The slender doll wears two longer and six shorter hook bristles on the slightly wrinkled cremaster .
Similar species
- Willow carmine ( Catocala electa ) ( Vieweg , 1790)
- Poplar carmine ( Catocala elocata ) ( Esper , 1787)
- Red ribbon ( Catocala nupta ) ( Linnaeus , 1767)
- Small oak carmine ( Catocala promissa ) ( Dennis & Schiffermüller , 1775)
- Great oak carmine ( Catocala sponsa ) ( Linnaeus , 1767)
Geographical distribution and habitat
The species is distributed locally in Europe from southern Sweden , in an easterly direction via Finland , Poland and further to the Urals , as well as to Tibet and the Amur region . She prefers boggy areas.
Way of life
The moths are nocturnal and visit artificial light sources , also like bait . They fly from July to September. The caterpillars live from May to June. They feed on the leaves of various willow species ( Salix ), mainly from sallow ( Salix caprea ). The pupation takes place on the earth. The species overwinters as an egg.
Danger
In Germany, the species used to be found in the coastal areas of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , but is now on the Red List of Endangered Species in Category 0 (extinct or lost).
swell
literature
- Barry Goater, Lázló Ronkay, Michael Fibiger: Catocalinae & Plusiinae. - Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 10. , Sorø, 2003, ISBN 87-89430-08-5
- Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 4: Owls. (Noctuidae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03752-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 4: Owls. (Noctuidae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03752-5 .
- ↑ Barry Goater, Lázló Ronkay, Michael Fibiger: Catocalinae & Plusiinae. - Noctuidae Europaeae, Volume 10. , Sorø, 2003, ISBN 87-89430-08-5
- ↑ Manfred Koch : We identify butterflies. Volume 3: Owls. 2nd, expanded edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1972, DNB 760072930 .
- ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany. Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9
Web links
- www.lepiforum.de Taxonomy and photos
- www.nic.funet.fi dissemination
- www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de Occurrence and endangerment in Germany
- Catocala pacta at Fauna Europaea