Scabiosa longhorn moth

Scabiosa longhorn moth
Scabiosa longhorn moth ( Nemophora metallica )
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta) Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera) Family : Longhorn moths (Adelidae) Subfamily : Adelinae Genre : Nemophora Type : Scabiosa longhorn moth
Scientific name
Nemophora metallica
( Poda , 1761)

The Marsh adelidae ( Nemophora metallica ) is a butterfly from the family of adelidae (Adelidae).

features

The forewings shimmer brass-colored and have no markings. The wingspan is 15 to 20 millimeters. The antennae of the females are 1.5 times as long, those of the males three times as long as the wing length.

Way of life

The diurnal moths fly in flowering meadows from June to August. They visit, often in pairs, almost only the forage plants of the caterpillar, namely scabiosa - ( Scabiosa ) or widow's flowers - ( Knautia ) species. The females lay their eggs on these, the caterpillars initially live in the seeds or flowers of the plants, later they drop to the ground, where they build a caterpillar sack from various leaf parts, in which they pupate between May and June.

supporting documents

1. ↑ Heiko Bellmann: Steinbach's nature guide. Butterflies . Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2010, ISBN 978-3-8001-4653-6
2. ↑ wincontact32naturwunder , Marsh adelidae

literature

• Heiko Bellmann: Steinbach's nature guide. Butterflies . Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2010, ISBN 978-3-8001-4653-6

Web links

Commons : Scabiosen Longhorn Moth  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nemophora metallica in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved September 2, 2013
• Lepiforum e. V. Taxonomy and Photos