Dark rust-colored leaf tensioner

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Dark rust-colored leaf tensioner
Dark rust-colored leaf tensioner (Xanthorhoe ferrugata)

Dark rust-colored leaf tensioner ( Xanthorhoe ferrugata )

Systematics
Superordinate : New winged wing (Neoptera)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Larentiinae
Genre : Xanthorhoe
Type : Dark rust-colored leaf tensioner
Scientific name
Xanthorhoe ferrugata
( Clerck , 1759)

The dark rust-colored leaf tensioner ( Xanthorhoe ferrugata ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the tensioners (Geometridae).

features

The representatives of the dark rust-colored bedstraws reach a wingspan of 18 to 22 millimeters. There is a dark spot near the wing tip ( apex ), another can be found in the fringe area. The hind wings are brownish gray.

Subspecies

  • Xanthorhoe ferrugata ferrugata (Clerck, 1759)
  • Xanthorhoe ferrugata fuscata (Nordström, 1935) Not recognized as a subspecies by all authors.
  • Xanthorhoe ferrugata alaskae Cassino & Swett, 1925 ( Alaska , Yakutat )
  • Xanthorhoe ferrugata bilbainensis Fuchs, 1898 ( Spain , Bilbao )
  • Xanthorhoe ferrugata infumata Barnes & McDunnough, 1917 (USA, Oregon Crater Lake )
  • Xanthorhoe ferrugata malaisei Djakonov, 1929 ( Kamchatka , Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky )

Similar species

Synonyms

  • Phalaena ferrugata Clerck, 1759
  • Geometra unidentaria Haworth, 1809
  • Larentia eximiata fox, 1905
  • Cidaria ferrugata fuscata Nordström, 1935
  • Cidaria inclinataria Walker, 1963

Way of life

The larvae of the dark rust-colored leaf tensioner feed on herbaceous plants such as bedstraws ( Galium ), chickweed ( Stellaria ), bluebells ( Campanula ) and thistles ( Cirsium ). The nocturnal moths are attracted to artificial light sources.

Flight and caterpillar times

The dark rust-colored leaf tensioner forms two generations per year in Central Europe , which fly from late April to early July and from early July to mid-September. The first generation larvae can be observed from August to September, the second generation from June to July. The first generation pupae overwinter.

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Clerck 1759). Fauna Europaea, Version 1.3, April 19, 2007 , accessed on January 3, 2008 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Malcolm J. Scoble: Geometrid moths of the world. A catalog (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 1999, ISBN 0-643-06304-8
  3. ↑ a b Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke, Bernd Müller: We determine butterflies. Volume 4: Spanner. 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1976, DNB 780451570 .

literature

  • Günter Ebert (Hrsg.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg Volume 8, Nachtfalter VI (Spanner (Geometridae) 1st part), Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 2001. ISBN 3-800-13497-7

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