Honey yellow hair tufts

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Honey yellow hair tufts
Honey-yellow hair tufts (Eulithis mellinata)

Honey-yellow hair tufts ( Eulithis mellinata )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Larentiinae
Genre : Eulithis
Type : Honey yellow hair tufts
Scientific name
Eulithis mellinata
( Fabricius , 1787)

The honey-yellow hair- tufted spanner ( Eulithis mellinata ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the spanner family (Geometridae).

Synonyms

  • Phalaena associata Borkhausen , 1794

features

butterfly

The moths reach an average wingspan of 27 to 30 millimeters. The basic color of the forewings is light yellow to honey yellow. The root field is slightly darkened. The inner brownish transverse line bordering the middle field is sharply bent at right angles under the front edge, the strong violet-brown outer transverse line shows a strong jagged bulge in the direction of the hem. There is a brownish graduation line at the apex . The transverse lines have almost disappeared on the yellow-white hind wings. With newly hatched butterflies, the fringes are alternately light and dark piebald. This feature fades in specimens flown for longer.

Egg, caterpillar, pupa

The egg initially has a yellow-green color, later it takes on gray tones. The green-gray microscopic rosette has ten to twelve leaves.

Adult caterpillars are greenish in color and have yellow segment incisions. The back line has a brownish green color and is bordered with whitish. The thin secondary ridge lines are yellowish white, the side stripes indistinctly light yellow.

The doll is pale yellow in color and has brown markings on it.

Geographical distribution and occurrence

The distribution area of ​​the honey-yellow hair tufts stretchers extends from Western and Central Europe, including the British Isles, eastwards through Russia to the Amur area . In the Alps , it rises to an altitude of 1100 meters. The species is also found in North America. The honey-yellow hair-tuft tensioner is preferred in kitchen gardens, orchards and on the edges of forests rich in bushes.

Way of life

The moths are crepuscular and nocturnal and fly univoltin mainly from the beginning of June to the beginning of August. At night they visit artificial light sources . The food plants of the caterpillars that live in May or June include gooseberries ( Ribes uva-crispa ) and currants ( Ribes ). Pupation takes place in a light web in forked branches or in dry leaves. The egg hibernates.

Danger

The honey-yellow hair-tuft spanner occurs in different numbers, but is widespread and is listed on the Red List in Germany as not endangered.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea Web Service (2012) Fauna Europaea version (July 23, 2012), online: https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7049465f-779e-421e-bf16-0bb491d38f51 (accessed on January 25, 2013 )
  2. ↑ 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 .
  3. ^ Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 8 . Moth VI. Spanner (Geometridae) 1st part. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3497-7 .
  4. ↑ Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke, Bernd Müller: We determine butterflies. Volume 4: Spanner. 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1976, DNB 780451570 .
  5. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany . Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9 .

literature

  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 8 . Moth VI. Spanner (Geometridae) 1st part. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3497-7 .

Web links

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