Light gray bedstraw

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Light gray bedstraw
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Light gray bedstraw ( Epirrhoe molluginata )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Larentiinae
Genre : Epirrhea
Type : Light gray bedstraw
Scientific name
Epirrhoe molluginata
( Huebner , 1813)

The light gray bedstraw ( Epirrhoe molluginata ), also known as the gray-brown bedstraw , is a butterfly ( moth ) from the spanner family (Geometridae).

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 23 to 27 millimeters. The basic color of the forewings varies from light gray to gray-brown. The forewings show several dark transverse bands, the middle band being different in its width and intensity and also being divided by a whitish field. A clear white wavy line runs near the hem, which continues on the light gray hind wings. Blackish discal spots can be seen on the fore and hind wings.

Caterpillar, pupa

Adult caterpillars are yellow-gray to red-brown in color and show a dark back line that is particularly pronounced at the front and rear end. In the middle area there are V-shaped, whitish, forward-facing back spots.

The doll is light yellow-brown in color.

Geographical distribution and occurrence

The light gray bedstraw spider can be found predominantly in southern Central Europe to the Caucasus . It is missing in Northern Europe. The species inhabits various habitats with bedstraw , but prefers mountainous terrain.

Way of life

The main flight time of the moths are the months May to July. You visit artificial light sources . The caterpillars feed on different types of bedstraw ( Galium ). These include meadow bedstraw ( Galium mollugo ) and forest bedstraw ( Galium sylvaticum ). The caterpillars pupate in a light web on the ground and hibernate as a pupa that sometimes lasts two winters.

Danger

The light gray bedstrawers occur in different numbers in Germany, are absent in some northern and northeastern regions, but are listed as not endangered on the Red List of Endangered Species .

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 5: Spanner. (Geometridae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-04951-5 .
  2. ↑ Ludwig Osthelder: The butterflies of southern Bavaria and the adjacent northern Limestone Alps, Part I, Die Großschmetterlinge, 3rd issue, Spanner. Supplement to the 19th year of the Munich Entomological Society, 1929
  3. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany . Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9 .

literature

  • Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 5: Spanner. (Geometridae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-04951-5 .
  • 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 .

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