Garden leaf tensioner

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Garden leaf tensioner
Garden leaf tensioner (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)

Garden leaf tensioner ( Xanthorhoe fluctuata )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Larentiinae
Genre : Xanthorhoe
Type : Garden leaf tensioner
Scientific name
Xanthorhoe fluctuata
( Linnaeus , 1758)
copula
Caterpillar

The garden-blade tensioner ( Xanthorhoe fluctuata ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the tensioner (Geometridae).

features

The moths reach a wingspan of 18 to 25 millimeters. They have white to dark gray wings, on which only a slight wave pattern can be seen. They have a large dark brown spot in front, in the middle and in the back of the wing leading edge. The middle one is significantly larger and extends to the middle of the wing. In addition to the spot on the wing tip, another, but clearly less pronounced brown spot can be seen on the inside, on the outer edge of the wing. The hind wings are gray and have several darker cross bars.

Synonyms

  • Phalaena fluctuata Linnaeus, 1758
  • Xanthorhoe fibulata hoof nail

Occurrence

They are common all over Europe .

Way of life

Flight and caterpillar times

The garden leaf strainer forms two generations a year, which fly from mid-April to late June and from early July to early October. The caterpillars can be found from August to October (first generation) and from May to June (second generation).

Food of the caterpillars

The caterpillars feed on various low plants, but especially on gold lacquer ( Erysimum cheiri ), cabbage ( Brassica oleracea ) and other cruciferous vegetables (Brassicaceae).

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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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