Dark green lichen owl
| Dark green lichen owl | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dark green lichen owl ( Cryphia algae ) |
||||||||||||
| Systematics | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Scientific name | ||||||||||||
| Cryphia algae | ||||||||||||
| ( Fabricius , 1775) |
The dark green lichen owl ( Cryphia algae ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae). In the past 250 years, various German names for this species have been invented and published, but none of them have become naturalized or become generally known: Aepfeleule, Aepfel-Eulenphalene, Die teutsche Steinflechteneule, Plundrerin, Moosgrün-Bindchen, Algae-Owl, Algae-Owl , Dark green algae owl, tree lichen owl, grove tree lichen owl.
features
The moths reach a wingspan of 22 to 26 millimeters. Their forewings are gray or black-gray and moss green mixed in color. The root field is lighter than the middle field. The fringing area is often greenish. The hind wings are gray-brown, somewhat lighter in the root area.
Similar species
- Cryphia pallida ( Bethune Baker , 1894)
- Cryphia ochsi ( Boursin , 1940)
- Cryphia rungsi ( Boursin , 1940)
- Cryphia receptricula ( Huebner , 1813)
Synonyms
- Noctua algae ( Fabricius , 1775)
- Phalaena algae ( Fabricius , 1775)
- Bryophila algae ( Fabricius , 1775)
- Metachrostis algae ( Fabricius , 1775)
- Euthales algae ( Fabricius , 1775)
- Noctua degener ( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775)
- Noctua spoliatricula ( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775)
- Phalaena Noctua calligrapha ( Borkhausen , 1792)
- Phalaena Noctua chloris ( Borkhausen , 1792)
- Noctua mendacula ( Huebner , 1813)
Distribution and occurrence
The species is distributed from southern Europe through central Europe and further north to the North and Baltic Seas . Individual observations are available from Great Britain , Denmark , Finland and the Baltic States that were interpreted as immigrants. In Asia, the dark green lichen owl has been reported from Asia Minor , the Caucasus , Turkmenistan, and Iraq . This information requires confirmation, as confusion with similar species cannot be ruled out. The dark green lichen owl prefers to live in deciduous and mixed forests, settlement areas, on orchards and generally in areas that contain hardwoods with abundant lichen growth.
Way of life
The moths are nocturnal and live very hidden. They sit on tree trunks overgrown with lichen , where they can hardly be seen by predators due to their camouflage color. The caterpillars feed on lichens on deciduous and fruit trees and are particularly found on old oaks.
Flight and caterpillar times
The moths fly from July to August. The caterpillars can be found from September. These overwinter and pupate in June of the following year.
swell
literature
- Arno Bergmann: The large butterflies of Central Germany. Volume 4/1: Owls. Distribution, forms and communities. Urania-Verlag, Jena 1954, DNB 450378373 .
- Arno Bergmann: The large butterflies of Central Germany. Volume 4/2: Owls. Distribution, forms and communities. Urania-Verlag, Jena 1954, DNB 450378381 .
- Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 6 . Moth IV. Noctuidae 2nd part. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1997, ISBN 3-8001-3482-9 .
- Manfred Koch : We determine butterflies. Volume 3: Owls. 2nd, expanded edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1972, DNB 760072930 .
- R. Poole: Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Fascicle 118, vols. 1-3: Noctuidae. Suffering, brill. XII, 1314 pp., 1989, ISBN 0-916846-45-8 .
Web links
- Lepiforum e. V. Photos
- Cryphia algae at Fauna Europaea