Honeysuckle Glasswings

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Honeysuckle Glasswings
Honeysuckle Glasswings (Synanthedon soffneri)

Honeysuckle Glasswings ( Synanthedon soffneri )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Glass winged winged (Sesiidae)
Subfamily : Sesiinae
Genre : Synanthedon
Type : Honeysuckle Glasswings
Scientific name
Synanthedon soffneri
Špatenka , 1983

The synanthedon soffneri ( Synanthedon soffneri ), sometimes Honeysuckle clearwings or Soffners Honeysuckle glass enthusiasts called, is a butterfly from the family of clearwings (Sesiidae). The species was named after the entomological faunist Josef Soffner .

features

butterfly

The moths have transparent wings that are only scaled on the wing veins , the discal spot and the wing edges. They reach a wingspan of 17 to 23 millimeters. An elongated black-brown discal spot can be seen in the middle, which extends from the front to the rear edge. The black-brown border is also relatively wide. The hind wings have a narrow dark band and a small black-brown discal spot. The antennae , thorax and abdomen are blue-black to purple-black. On the fourth segment there is a yolk yellow colored ring. The anal bush is fan-shaped and black in color.

Similar species

There is a similarity to the snowball glass winged ( Synanthedon andrenaeformis ). However, this shows a narrower, yellowish or whitish colored ring on the fourth segment and another on the second segment. In addition, the anal bush at the lower end is formed from yellow hair.

The apple-tree glass-winged wing ( Synanthedon myopaeformis ) is distinguished by the reddish-colored ring on the fourth segment. The same distinguishing feature also applies to the small birch glass winged bird ( Synanthedon culiciformis ).

Geographical distribution and occurrence

The honeysuckle glass winged plant occurs from Central Europe via Russia to the Altai Mountains . Since the species lives very inconspicuously and has only been known since 1983, the data found so far are patchy. In the Engadine , it was found at altitudes of over 2000 meters. The main habitat of the species are floodplain landscapes, mixed forests and shady areas with lush herbaceous vegetation.

Way of life

The diurnal moths fly in the months of May and June, sometimes as early as April. They are particularly active in the sunshine. They then like to visit the flowers of various plants and also fly at pheromone traps . The maggot-shaped caterpillars usually live as a three-year-old in thin branches of the black honeysuckle ( Lonicera nigra ) or red honeysuckle ( Lonicera xylosteum ). In Asia they were also found on the Tatar honeysuckle ( Lonicera tatarica ). They overwinter and pupate in the fourth year without any further food intake.

Danger

As from other countries, there have so far been only a few reports from Germany about the occurrence of the snowball glass winged bird from individual federal states. Most of the data from Bavaria is evidence of pheromone traps. In Baden-Württemberg the species is classified as not endangered.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Franz Pühringer, Anton Scheuchenpflug: First record of Synanthedon soffneri ŠPATENKA 1983 (honeysuckle) in Upper Austria (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) Journal of the Association of Austrian Entomologists, vol. 47, 3/4. Vienna, 1995
  2. ↑ a b c d Josef J. de Freina: The Bombyces and Sphinges of the Western Palaearctic. Volume 4. Sesioidea: Sesiidae. EFW Edition Research & Science Verlag GmbH, Munich, 1997, ISBN 3-926285-03-6
  3. ↑ a b Günter Ebert (Ed.): The Butterflies of Baden-Württemberg Volume 5, Moths III (Sesiidae, Arctiidae, Noctuidae). Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-8001-3481-0
  4. ^ A b Ernst Priesner: Pheromontest on a southern Bavarian population of Synanthedon soffneri ŠPATENKA, 1983 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). Newsletter of Bavarian Entomologists 42 (4), 1993

literature

  • Josef J. de Freina: The Bombyces and Sphinges of the West Palaearctic. Volume 4. Sesioidea: Sesiidae. EFW Edition Research & Science Verlag GmbH, Munich, 1997, ISBN 3-926285-03-6
  • Zdeněk Laštůvka, Aleš Laštůvka: The Sesiidae of Europe. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2001, ISBN 87-88757-52-8
  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The Butterflies of Baden-Württemberg Volume 5, Moths III (Sesiidae, Arctiidae, Noctuidae). Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-8001-3481-0

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