Softwood bark tensioner

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Softwood bark tensioner
Softwood bark spider (Peribatodes secundaria)

Softwood bark spider ( Peribatodes secundaria )

Systematics
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Ennominae
Tribe : Boarmiini
Genre : Peribatodes
Type : Softwood bark tensioner
Scientific name
Peribatodes secundaria
( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775)
dark form of the softwood bark tensioner ( Peribatodes secundaria f. nigra )

The peribatodes secundaria ( Peribatodes secundaria ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the tensioner (Geometridae).

features

The moths reach a wingspan of 32 to 38 millimeters. They have gray and light brown structured wings, on the middle of which a dark, partially interrupted cross-band runs. A light spot can be seen near the outer edge of the wing in the middle (fringe area). The antennae of the males are strongly pinnate in contrast to the thread-like ones of the females.

Similar species

Subspecies

  • Peribatodes secundaria occidentaria
  • Peribatodes secundaria secundaria

Synonyms

  • druentiaria Cleu, 1928. Considered a subspecies by some authors.

Occurrence

The animals live in coniferous and mixed forests , especially at high altitudes.

Way of life

Flight and caterpillar times

The softwood bark tensioner forms a generation a year that flies from late June to early September. The caterpillars appear from August and overwinter.

Food of the caterpillars

The caterpillars eat the needles of spruce ( Picea abies ), pine ( Pinus spec.) And juniper ( Juniperus spec.).

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea Web Service (2005) Fauna Europaea version 1.2 (March 7, 2005), online: https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e7ca8d11-701a-4f5e-ae0a-51af81cf6811 (accessed on September 24 2006)
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea Web Service (2005) Fauna Europaea version 1.2 (March 7, 2005), online: https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f272a7ba-da71-43fd-8e8c-755e8964467a (accessed on September 24 2006)
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea Web Service (2005) Fauna Europaea version 1.2 (March 7, 2005), online: https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/03a1dce3-50c8-4ced-a208-f37cfa925af1 (accessed on September 24 2006)
  4. ↑ Butterflies of Germany, online http://www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de/start.php (accessed on September 24, 2006)

literature

  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . Volume 9 (Spanner (Geometridae) 2nd part), Nachtfalter VII. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3279-6 .

Web links

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