Clematis-verdigris

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Clematis-verdigris
Clematis females (Hemistola chrysoprasaria) female

Clematis females ( Hemistola chrysoprasaria ) female
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Geometrinae
Genre : Hemistole
Type : Clematis-verdigris
Scientific name
Hemistola chrysoprasaria
( Esper , 1758)

The Clematis ( Hemistola chrysoprasaria ), also known as the Clematis , is a butterfly ( moth ) from the Spanner family (Geometridae).

Slightly faded male clematis moth

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the males is 25 to 33 millimeters, that of the females 30 to 39 millimeters. All wings are bright green in color, but fade with increasing lifespan and then shimmer yellow-green to yellow-white. Characteristic are an outer as well as a more indistinct inner, slightly curved and continuous white transverse line on the front wings, the outer line continues on the hind wings. Discal spots are missing. The antennae of the males are lightly combed, those of the females ciliate very briefly.

egg

The freshly laid egg is green in color and turns dark in color just before hatching. It is severely flattened on both sides. The egg pole is arranged laterally.

Caterpillar

The caterpillars show a variable color. They are initially green, then brownish during winter and then green again in spring.

Doll

The doll is green in color.

Similar species

Hemistola siciliana is drawn very similarly . However, this species occurs only in central and southern Italy and Sicily , so that there is no geographical overlap with chrysoprasaria .

The larger green leaf ( Geometra papilionaria ) is distinguished by the broken and jagged white cross lines.

Geographical distribution and occurrence

The distribution of the species extends from North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula across almost all of Europe, eastward to the Urals and the mountains of East Asia. It prefers to inhabit warm slopes, forest edges, hedge areas as well as gardens and parks.

Way of life

The moths fly univoltin in Central Europe from June to August, a second generation can also occur in the south. They are nocturnal and fly to artificial light sources . Wackerzapp describes the development of the species, which at the time was still known as Geometra vernaria , as follows: The female lays the eggs in rod-like structures on the shoots of the forage plant. The caterpillars that hatch from it are initially green in color, but when they are in winter they turn brown to match the branches, which are also brown in autumn and where they hibernate freely. When the first fresh plant shoots in spring, they return to their original green color without molting. They feed on the leaves of different clematis species ( Clematis ).

Subspecies

Danger

The clematis is listed on the red list of endangered species as not endangered.

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Axel Hausmann: The Geometrid Moths of the World . In: Axel Hausmann (Ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe . 1st edition. Volume 1: Introduction. Achiearinae, Orthostixinae, Desmobathrinae, Alsophilinae, Geometrinae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2001, ISBN 87-88757-37-4 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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 .
  3. ↑ Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke, Bernd Müller: We determine butterflies. Volume 4: Spanner. 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1976, DNB 780451570 .
  4. ↑ Omar Wackerzapp: Geometra vernaria Hb. And their mimicry . In: Entomological Newspaper . Volume 50, pp. 282-286, 1889
  5. ↑ a b Hemistola chrysoprasaria in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved June 12, 2011
  6. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany . Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9 .

literature

  • Axel Hausmann: The Geometrid Moths of the World . In: Axel Hausmann (Ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe . 1st edition. Volume 1: Introduction. Achiearinae, Orthostixinae, Desmobathrinae, Alsophilinae, Geometrinae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2001, ISBN 87-88757-37-4 (English).
  • 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 .

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