Hedge buds

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Hedge buds
Hedge-fly buds (Eupithecia exiguata), brownish color variant

Hedge- fly buds ( Eupithecia exiguata ),
brownish color variant

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Larentiinae
Genre : Moth ( Eupithecia )
Type : Hedge buds
Scientific name
Eupithecia exiguata
( Huebner , 1813)
gray color variant
Caterpillar

The Hedge Pug ( Eupithecia exiguata ), sometimes barberries Pug or deciduous woods mountain forest Pug called, is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the tensioner (Geometridae). The specific epithet is based on the Latin word exiguus , meaning "tiny". Compared to an average moths, the moths are small, within the genus of Pug ( Eupithecia ) but their size is quite common and appropriate.

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 18 to 24 millimeters. The basic color of all wings varies from light gray to yellow-gray to brown-gray. The fore wings are elongated and have a very pointed apex . Typically there are four to six black wedge spots in the disk region, which is also bordered by a double outer transverse line and contains an elongated black discoid spot . In the submarginal region there is a dark spot in the middle and in the inner corner . The wavy line is whitish, the fringes are lightly pale dark gray. The first two segments of the abdomen are darkened.

Caterpillar

Adult caterpillars are smooth and very slender. They are colored green and show yellowish segment incisions as well as red-brown, yellow cored rhombic spots on the back. The side stripes are crimson.

Doll

The brownish doll is provided with greenish wing sheaths. There are two strong and six weaker hooked bristles on the black-brown cremaster .

Distribution and occurrence

The distribution of the species extends through Central Europe including the British Isles and further east to the Amur area . In the north, the distribution extends to northern Fennoscandinavia , in the south to the southern edge of the Alps . The hedge moth prefers humid and wooded areas as a habitat. It occurs frequently in swamp and mountain forests, hedge and bush structures as well as on streams and forest edges.

Way of life

The main flight time of the crepuscular and nocturnal moths falls in the months of May and June. They sometimes fly to artificial light sources in large numbers. The caterpillars that live in June and July feed polyphagously on the leaves of various plants, including barberries ( Berberis ), honeysuckle ( Lonicera ), hawthorn ( Crataegus ), blackthorn ( Prunus spinosa ), raspberries ( Rubus idaeus ), buckthorn ( Rhamnus frangula ) , Mountain ash ( Sorbus aucuparia ) and sal willow ( Salix caprea ). The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

Danger

The hedge moth occurs in Germany in different numbers in the individual federal states and is classified on the red list of endangered species in most regions as "not endangered".

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arnold Spuler: The butterflies of Europe , Volume 2, E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1910, p. 82
  2. ↑ Vladimir Mironov: The Geometrid Moths of the World . In: Axel Hausmann (Ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe . 1st edition. Volume 4: Larentiinae II. Perizomini and Eupitheciini . Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN 87-88757-40-4 (English). , Pp. 299-300
  3. ↑ Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 5: Spanner. (Geometridae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-04951-5 , p. 150.
  4. ^ Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 9. Moths VII. Geometridae 2nd part . 1st edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3279-6 . , Pp. 133-135
  5. ^ Karl Cleve: The butterflies of West Berlin , Berliner Naturschutzblätter, Volksbund Naturschutz e. V., Volume 22, No. 63, 1978, p. 364
  6. ↑ Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke, Bernd Müller: We determine butterflies. Volume 4: Spanner. 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1976, DNB 780451570 , pp. 162-163.
  7. ↑ Endangerment

literature

  • Vladimir Mironov: The Geometrid Moths of the World . In: Axel Hausmann (Ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe . 1st edition. Volume 4: Larentiinae II. Perizomini and Eupitheciini . Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN 87-88757-40-4 (English).
  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 9. Moths VII. Geometridae 2nd part . 1st edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3279-6 .
  • Arno Bergmann: The large butterflies of Central Germany. Volume 5/1: Spanner. Distribution, forms and communities. Urania-Verlag, Jena 1955, DNB 450378403 .

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