Oak wool pusher
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The Oak wool after ( Eriogaster rimicola ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of clucking (Lasiocampidae).
features
The moth is similar to the hedge woolly , but the light spots are smaller and less noticeable.
distribution and habitat
In the 19th century still widespread in large parts of Central and Southern Europe, the oak woolen has largely disappeared from Central Europe and is only found sporadically on the Balkan Peninsula and other parts of Southern Europe.
Locations in Germany reached north to the area around Hamburg; The species was common around Karlsruhe and Stuttgart until it almost completely disappeared within a few years around 1900. In Hesse, Adolf Rößler noticed a sharp decline in the middle of the 19th century, which he attributed to the "disappearance of the old oak forests". Today the species is considered extinct in Germany. The habitat was old oak forests in locations below 400 m above sea level. NHN .
Way of life
The common oak is the forage plant of the caterpillars . Findings of adult caterpillars were mostly reported in May. At least under breeding conditions, it happened that the pupae overwintered several times and only after several years did the imago hatch.
literature
- The Butterflies of Baden-Württemberg , ed. v. Günter Ebert, Volume 4 (Nachtfalter II), 1994, ISBN 3-8001-3474-8 , p. 26ff
- Butterflies and their habitats , ed. v. Swiss Confederation for Nature Conservation, Volume 3, 2000, ISBN 3-85587-032-2 , p. 309ff
Web links
- Lepiforum eV - taxonomy and photos
- www.leps.it - Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- www.nic.funet.fi - dissemination
- Eriogaster rimicola at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved June 21, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf Rößler, Directory of the Butterflies of the Duchy of Nassau , 1866, cited above. n. The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg (see under literature), p. 27