Magnificent green binding tensioner

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Magnificent green binding tensioner
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Magnificent green pectinataria ( Colostygia pectinataria )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Larentiinae
Genre : Colostygia
Type : Magnificent green binding tensioner
Scientific name
Colostygia pectinataria
( Knoch , 1781)

The splendid green pectinataria ( Colostygia pectinataria , syn .: Larentia viridaria , Latin viridis = green) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the Spanner family (Geometridae). The name brown-green forest meadow leaf tensioner is also used less frequently .

features

butterfly

The moths reach a wingspan of about 22 to 28 millimeters. The strong green to blue-green color on the forewings is typical of the species. The wings drawing shows the following color sequence: a small region at the wing root is brown green, the subsequent basal green light, the broad and outward strongly serrated Diskalregion dark green, the Postdiskalregion from whitish to greenish temporarily and Submarginalregion tinted brownish green. There are three distinct black-brown spots on the front edge, and on the inner edge and close to the apex . In older specimens, the greenish color elements can more or less fade. Sometimes, however, newly hatched butterflies with a whitish, yellowish or pink base color appear. The hind wings shimmer gray-white and have indistinct transverse lines. The antennae of the males are combed, those of the females are thread-like.

Caterpillar

Adult caterpillars have a brownish color, a thin black back line and dark angular lines.

Geographical distribution and occurrence

The distribution of the species extends from the Iberian Peninsula across western and central Europe including the British Isles eastward to the Altai Mountains . In Fennoscandinavia it reaches the Arctic Circle , in the south the occurrence extends from the western Mediterranean area over the Balkan Peninsula to the Black Sea region and the Caucasus . In the mountains it can still be found at heights of over 2000 meters. It prefers to inhabit floodplain and bog forests, bushy forest edges and humid heathland areas.

Way of life

The moths fly bivoltin from April to September, whereby the flight times of the generations overlap. They are mainly nocturnal and fly to artificial light sources . During the day they like to rest on tree trunks or in the vegetation . The caterpillars are polyphagous , but prefer the leaves of hawthorn ( Crataegus ) or bedstraw species ( Galium ) and overwinter. Pupation takes place in a cocoon in the earth.

Danger

The splendid green fly is on the red list of endangered species as not endangered.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 .
  2. ↑ Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke, Bernd Müller: We determine butterflies. Volume 4: Spanner. 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1976, DNB 780451570 .
  3. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany . Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9 .

literature

  • 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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