Corner stain brush spinner
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Corner spot brush spinner ( Orgyia recens ), above ♂, below ♀ |
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The Eckfleck-brush moth ( Orgyia recens ) or Eckfleck is a butterfly ( moth ) from the subfamily of the bearer moth (Lymantriinae) within the family of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae).
features
Imago
The male moths reach a wingspan of 26 to 34 millimeters. There is a strong sexual dimorphism between the two sexes . The males have normally developed wings that are spotted reddish brown and dark brown. There is a white spot on the inner corner of the forewings. Another bright spot can be seen in the wing tip. This is the main difference to the similar blackthorn brush spinner ( Orgyia antiqua ). Further distinguishing features are the overall darker basic color and the more contrasting drawing of the forewings. Their feelers are doubly saw-comb-like.
The females have almost completely regressed wings and a plump body that does not correspond to that of a typical butterfly. Their bodies have short hairs and are gray-yellow or gray-brown in color. They are much larger than the also almost wingless females of the sloe brush spinner and have short, sawtooth-like antennae.
egg
The egg is round, white in color and has a dark point in the middle.
Caterpillar
The caterpillars are strikingly colored or hairy. The body has a basic black color with light yellow vertical stripes and red spots on the neck ring. The back brushes are yellow ocher, the hair brushes of the first and last segment are black. The female caterpillar is much larger than the male.
Doll
The doll is black-brown, has an ocher-yellow abdomen with a pointed cremaster and has thin brown-gray hair.
Similar species
- Blackthorn brush spinner ( Orgyia antiqua )
Occurrence
The species occurs in almost all of Europe , except the far north and parts of the Mediterranean area. They are found much less often than the sloe brush moth and can be found in mixed forests, swamp forests, parklands and orchards.
Way of life
The male moths are diurnal and fly around erratically in search of females. After the female has hatched from its cocoon , it sits on it and secretes pheromones to attract the males. After mating, the female lays all of her eggs directly on or next to the old cocoon and dies shortly afterwards. The caterpillars overwinter at a size of approx. 10 millimeters, which is why they are rarely found at the same time as those of the sloe brush spinner, which overwinter as an egg. The caterpillars pupate in a soft, egg-shaped, brownish-colored cocoon between leaves and branches.
Flight and caterpillar times
Most of the moths fly in one generation in July and August. Under favorable conditions, there is a second generation in some areas from the end of August to September. The caterpillars are mainly found from September and after wintering until June of the following year. If a second generation occurs, their caterpillars live predominantly in July.
Food of the caterpillars
The caterpillars feed on the leaves of numerous deciduous tree and shrub species, such as blackthorn ( Prunus spinosa ), plum ( Prunus domestica ), raspberry ( Rubus idaeus ), oak ( Quercus ), willow ( Salix caprea ), hornbeam ( Carpinus) ), Birch ( Betula ) and roses ( Rosa ).
Hazard and protection
In Germany the species is protected according to Category 2 (endangered) or classified as follows in individual federal states: In Baden-Württemberg , Bavaria , North Rhine-Westphalia , Lower Saxony , Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania according to Category 1, as well as in Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland according to category 2.
Web links
- photos
- Danger
- distribution
- Orgyia recens at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 2, 2011
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 3: Weirdos and Swarmers. (Bombyces and Sphinges). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1960, DNB 456642196 .
- ↑ a b c d Manfred Koch : We determine butterflies. Volume 2: Bears, Spinners, Swarmers and Drills in Germany. 2nd, expanded edition. Neumann, Radebeul / Berlin 1964, DNB 452481929 , p. 86f.
- ↑ Notices from the collection point for entomological observations of the VDEV Entomologischer Anzeiger, vol. IX, p. 186.