Snowball glass winged

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Snowball glass winged
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Snowball glass-winged ( Synanthedon andrenaeformis )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Glass winged winged (Sesiidae)
Subfamily : Sesiinae
Genre : Synanthedon
Type : Snowball glass winged
Scientific name
Synanthedon andrenaeformis
( Laspeyres , 1801)

The snowball glass-winged butterfly ( Synanthedon andrenaeformis ) is a butterfly from the glass-winged family (Sesiidae).

features

butterfly

The moths have transparent wings that are only scaled on the wing veins , the discal patch and the wing edges. They reach a wingspan of 18 to 28 millimeters. The hem is relatively wide and sometimes lightly reddish dust. An elongated black-brown discal spot can be seen in the middle, which extends from the front to the rear edge. The hind wings have a narrow dark band and a small black-brown discal spot. The antennae , thorax and abdomen have a blue-black sheen. There are whitish or yellowish rings on segments two and four, whereby the ring on the fourth segment is always wider. Some male specimens also show faint whitish rings on the segments five and six. The anal bush is fan-shaped and has a lot of yellow hair at the end.

Similar species

There is a certain similarity to the honeysuckle glass-winged wing ( Synanthedon soffneri ). However, this shows a wider, bright yolk yellow ring only on the fourth segment. In addition, the anal bush is formed only from black hair.

Geographical distribution and occurrence

The snowball glass-winged species is found locally in Europe. To the east the distribution area extends over Asia Minor and Russia to Armenia , where it is replaced by the ssp. Synanthedon andrenaeformis tenuicingulata is represented. The main habitat of the species are floodplain landscapes, forest edges, bushy heather areas and occasionally gardens and parks.

Way of life

The diurnal moths fly in the months of May to July, sometimes until August. They are particularly active in the sunshine. They then like to visit the flowers of various plants and can also be detected using pheromone traps . The maggot-shaped caterpillars live one or two years under the bark or in the pulp of the twigs of woolly snowball ( Viburnum lantana ) or common snowball ( Viburnum opulus ). They overwinter and pupate in spring. Before the moths hatch, about one third of the pupa pushes out of the wood of the food plant.

Danger

In Germany, the snowball glass-winged species occurs in the southern, central and western federal states and is classified as not endangered on the red list of endangered species .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Josef J. de Freina: The Bombyces and Sphinges of the Western Palaearctic. Volume 4. Sesioidea: Sesiidae. EFW Edition Research & Science Verlag GmbH, Munich, 1997, ISBN 3-926285-03-6
  2. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany. Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9

literature

  • Josef J. de Freina: The Bombyces and Sphinges of the West Palaearctic. Volume 4. Sesioidea: Sesiidae. EFW Edition Research & Science Verlag GmbH, Munich, 1997, ISBN 3-926285-03-6
  • Zdeněk Laštůvka, Aleš Laštůvka: The Sesiidae of Europe. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2001, ISBN 87-88757-52-8
  • Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 3: Weirdos and Swarmers. (Bombyces and Sphinges). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1960, DNB 456642196 .
  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The Butterflies of Baden-Württemberg Volume 5, Moths III (Sesiidae, Arctiidae, Noctuidae). Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-8001-3481-0

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