Hyphoraia dejeanii
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Hyphoraia dejeanii , often Hyphoraia dejeani written, and sometimes as Iberian Braunbär denotes a butterfly ( moth ) from the subfamily of the tiger moth (Arctiinae). The specific epithet honors the French entomologist Count Pierre Dejean .
features
butterfly
The moths have a wingspan of 36 to 40 millimeters for the males and 35 to 43 millimeters for the females. The upper side of the forewing has a cinnamon-colored base color and is provided with an interconnected light ocher-colored, longitudinal ray-like pattern of spots. The upper side of the hind wing is bright yellow in color, reddish dust towards the edge and provided with large black spots in the post-disk region and smaller ones in the middle of the wing. The undersides of all the wings depict the colors and patterns of the upper sides in indistinct and weakened intensity. The antennae of the males have long ciliates on both sides, those of the females are thread-shaped and slightly saw-toothed.
Caterpillar
Adult caterpillars have thick hairs all over their bodies, black on the back and reddish brown on the sides. At the end of the body there are particularly long, mostly gray-white hair.
Similar species
The lady-in-waiting ( Hyphoraia aulica ) and the southern lady-in-waiting ( Hyphoraia testudinaria ) differ in that the light spots on the upper side of the fore wings, which tend to be more brownish, do not run into one another.
Distribution and occurrence
The species occurs on the Iberian Peninsula at altitudes of up to 1500 meters. It inhabits steppe meadows , rock heaths and grassland areas .
Way of life
The flight time of the crepuscular and nocturnal moths that fly in one generation includes the months of May to July, depending on the altitude. The males in particular visit artificial light sources . The main food plants of the caterpillars are the leaves of plantain ( Plantago ) and dandelion species ( Taraxacum ) as well as other low-growing plants. Pupation takes place in a cocoon mostly under stones. The species overwinters as a caterpillar.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Arnold Spuler: The Butterflies of Europe , Volume 2, E. Schweitzerbartsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1910, p. 136
- ^ A b Josef J. de Freina, Thomas J. Witt: Noctuoidea, Sphingoidea, Geometroidea, Bombycoidea. In: The Bombyces and Sphinges of the Western Palaearctic. 1st edition. 1, EFW Edition Research & Science, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-926285-00-1 , p. 161/162
literature
- Josef J. de Freina, Thomas J. Witt: Noctuoidea, Sphingoidea, Geometroidea, Bombycoidea. In: The Bombyces and Sphinges of the Western Palaearctic. 1st edition. 1, EFW Edition Research & Science, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-926285-00-1 , p. 161/162
Web links
- Lepiforum eV - taxonomy and photos
- entomologenportal.de - caterpillar
- lepidoptera.eu - European Butterflies and Moths
- funet.fi - dissemination
- Hyphoraia dejeani at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved November 17, 2015