Shadow banding whitewater

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Shadow banding whitewater
Lomographa temerata

Shadow Tie-white tensioner ( Lomographa temerata )

Systematics
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Ennominae
Tribe : Baptini
Genre : Lomographa
Type : Shadow banding whitewater
Scientific name
Lomographa temerata
( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775)
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Caterpillar

The shadow banded whitefly ( Lomographa temerata ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of the spanners (Geometridae).

features

butterfly

The moths reach a wingspan of 22 to 32 millimeters. They have glossy white-colored wing tops, which show a distinct black discoid with underlying, small black-brown spots. A wide, dark band of shadows can be seen in front of the fringing area. This drawing can be interpreted as a bird droppings mimesis and is to be understood as a camouflage against predators. On the hind wings there is also a black discoid spot as well as two sometimes indistinct, narrow transverse bands. The discoid spots on the wing tops also shine through to the undersides.

Caterpillar

Adult caterpillars are green in color and have a purple-brown or red, mostly interrupted topline.

distribution and habitat

The shadow banded whitefly is widespread from all of Europe eastwards through Russia to East Asia and is also found on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands . The species occurs in the Southern Alps up to an altitude of 1400 meters. It prefers to live on bushy deciduous forest edges, in hedge areas, in forest clearings, on river banks as well as in gardens and parks.

Way of life

The main flight time of the nocturnal moths extends from late April to mid-July. Sometimes they were sucking on Zwergmispelblüten ( Cotoneaster observed). They regularly visit artificial light sources . The caterpillars usually live in June and July. Their food plants are the leaves of various deciduous trees, these include wild cherry ( Prunus avium ), bird cherry ( Prunus padus ), blackthorn ( Prunus spinosa ) and birch - ( Betula ), Oak - ( Quercus ) and hawthorn TYPES ( Crataegus ) . The species overwinters as a pupa.

Danger

The whitefish can be found sporadically or frequently in the German federal states and is listed on the red list of endangered species as "not endangered".

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 5: Spanner. (Geometridae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-04951-5 , p. 201.
  2. ↑ a b Günter Ebert (eds.), Daniel Bartsch, Armin Becher & Stefan Hafner: The Butterflies of Baden-Württemberg, Volume 9, Nachtfalter VII. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3279-6 , pp. 527-529
  3. ^ Josef Wolfsberger: The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Monte Baldo in Northern Italy. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona Memorie Fuori. Ser. 4, 1971
  4. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany. Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9

literature

  • Günter Ebert (eds.), Daniel Bartsch, Armin Becher & Stefan Hafner: The Butterflies of Baden-Württemberg, Volume 9, Nachtfalter VII. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3279-6 , pp. 527-529
  • Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 5: Spanner. (Geometridae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-04951-5 , p. 201.
  • Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke, Bernd Müller: We determine butterflies. Volume 4: Spanner. 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1976, DNB 780451570 , pp. 194-195.

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