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Yellow Rose Tensioner (Cidaria fulvata)

Yellow Rose Tensioner ( Cidaria fulvata )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Larentiinae
Genre : Cidaria
Type : Yellow rose binding tensioner
Scientific name
Cidaria fulvata
( Forster , 1771)

The yellow rose flyer ( Cidaria fulvata ), also known as the rose flyer , is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the flyers (Geometridae).

features

butterfly

The moths reach a wingspan of 20 to 25 millimeters. They have yellow or yellow ocher forewings, the middle third of which is traversed by a broad rust-brown to violet-gray band. This shows a clear jagged point towards the hem and is lightly lightened at the edges. A rust-brown line can be seen on each wing tip. The hind wings are monochrome whitish yellow.

Caterpillar

Adult caterpillars are characterized by a horn-like thickening of the first two segments. They are green in color and have thin white back and side back lines as well as yellowish side stripes and light transverse lines.

Doll

The doll is green in color, which turns into a whitish-pink tint on the Kremaster .

Similar species

Because of the conspicuous drawing, the moths are not to be confused with any other species of yellow fly.

Geographical distribution and occurrence

The species is widespread in Europe, in the west from Spain and France to the British Isles , in the east to the Central Asian mountains, to the Amur and to Kamchatka , in the south of Italy via the Balkans , Asia Minor , the Caucasus and the Caspian region to the Pamir Mountains and northern India and in the north to Fennoscandinavia . The animals inhabit rocky slopes, heaths and wasteland as well as gardens and parks.

Synonyms

  • Phalaena fulvata Forster, 1771

Way of life

The crepuscular and nocturnal moths were found sucking on the flowers of the common adder's head ( Echium vulgare ) and also visit artificial light sources . The animals overwinter as an egg and pupate between leaves on the rose bush in June of the following year.

Flight and caterpillar times

The Yellow Rose Tensioner forms a generation a year that flies from the beginning of June to the beginning of August. The caterpillars can be found from May to June.

Food of the caterpillars

The caterpillars feed on different types of roses ( Rosa ), for example dog rose ( Rosa canina ). They can also be found on hybrid tea roses in gardens and feed on the leaves and flowers of the forage plant.

Danger

The species occurs in all German federal states and is classified as not endangered on the red list of endangered species .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea Web Service (2005) Fauna Europaea version 1.2 (March 7, 2005), online: https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1264735f-b0dc-4c78-9b74-784dc598dcc1 (accessed on September 22 2006)
  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 978-3-89624-110-8

literature

  • Günter Ebert (Hrsg.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg Volume 8, Nachtfalter VI (Spanner (Geometridae) 1st part), Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 2001. ISBN 3-800-13497-7

Web links

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