Dyscia conspersaria
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Dyscia conspersaria is a butterfly ( moth ) fromthe Spanner family (Geometridae).
features
butterfly
The wingspan of the moth is 28 to 33 millimeters. The basic color of the wings is whitish, ocher or yellowish. On the entire wing surface there are sometimes very small black dots scattered like dust. The intensity of the coloration can vary regionally. The outer transverse line on the forewings is made up of short V-shaped signs or dark dots and is usually slightly interrupted. The inner transverse line is similar to the outer one, but is often only weakly indicated. It is the same with the dark center. The area between the transverse lines is sometimes darkened. The dark outer transverse line of the forewings continues on the slightly lighter colored hind wings. Here, too, the center point is often indistinct. The antennae of the males are provided with short comb teeth on both sides, those of the females are sawtooth-like.
Caterpillar and pupa
Adult caterpillars are red-gray in color and have a pointed horn on the back of the eleventh segment as well as backward, horizontal, short appendages on the followers .
The brown doll is stocky and has a conical cremaster with some hooked bristles.
Similar species
Dyscia conspersaria is similar to other Dyscia species, especially the slightly smaller and paler Dyscia raunaria . However, due to the color variability of the species , a genital morphological examination should be carried out for a reliable determination .
distribution and habitat
The species occurs predominantly in south-eastern Central Europe and Asia Minor. In the German-speaking area, it was found locally in Austria . In France the ssp. Drysia conspersaria turturaria , in Asia Minor the ssp. Drysia conspersaria sultanica represented. The habitat of the species includes bush corridors, dry mountain slopes and dry grasslands.
Way of life
Dyscia conspersaria forms one generation per year, whose moths can be found from May to July. They are sometimes diurnal and also appear at night in artificial light sources . The caterpillars feed on the leaves of sage ( Salvia ) and Artemisia species. The pupa hibernates.
literature
- Robert Trusch & Sven Erlacher: Taxonomic changes in the genus Dyscia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) , European Journal of Entomology, 2003
- Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 5: Spanner. (Geometridae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-04951-5 .
Web links
- Lepiforum e. V. - Taxonomy and photos
- www.nic.funet.fi - dissemination
- Dyscia conspersaria in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved October 30, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 5: Spanner. (Geometridae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-04951-5 .
- ^ Georg Warnecke: Another contribution to the knowledge of the Dyscia conspersaria F. group (Lep.Geometr.). In: Journal of the Vienna Entomologists Association. Volume 26, 1941 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
- ↑ Sven-I. Erlacher & Robert Trusch: Phylogeny and distribution of the species of the Dyscia conspersaria group (= Dyscia s. Str.) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) , Courier Research Institute Senckenberg, Frankfurt a. M., 1999 Archive link ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
