Buckthorn glass-winged
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The buckthorn glass-winged butterfly ( Synanthedon stomoxiformis ) is a butterfly from the glass-winged family (Sesiidae).
Names
The species is apparently on a whole variety of trees and shrubs in front and therefore has several German names : Buckthorn-clearwings , Mispelhain-clearwings , Mispelstamm glass enthusiasts .
features
The moths have transparent wings that are only scaled on the wing veins , the discal spot and the wing edges. They reach a wingspan of 22 to 31 millimeters. The forewings are very narrow, widen again a little after the discal patch and are rounded at the end. They are colored black-brown at the edges. The fringes are brownish. 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. The head, antennae , thorax and abdomen have a shimmering blue-black to black-brown. The anus tufts are strongly fan-shaped and blue-black in color. There is a reddish mark on the wings and abdomen and one or more abdomen segments are reddish in color.
Subspecies
- Synanthedon stomoxiformis stomoxiformis (Europe, Caucasus)
- Synanthedon stomoxiformis riefenstahli Špatenka, 1997 (Spain)
- Synanthedon stomoxiformis amasina (Staudinger, 1856) (Asia Minor, Caucasus , Northern Iran )
- Synanthedon stomoxiformis levantina de Freina & Lingenhöle, 2000 ( Levante )
Similar species
The species is one of the larger species. Their mimicry is similar to wasps or sex animals of the wood ant . The drawing is similar to Synanthedon formicaeformis , for example .
Geographical distribution and occurrence
The species is distributed across southern Europe and the southern part of Central Europe to the Middle East .
Way of life
The diurnal moths fly from June to July. They are particularly active in the sunshine. Very happy then visit the flowers of various plants, such as those of Elderberry ( Sambucus ), thistles ( Cirsium ), Snowball ( Viburnum ), privet ( Ligustrum ) or raspberry ( Rubus idaeus ).
The maggot-shaped caterpillars live one or two years old on the roots of buckthorn ( Frangula alnus ) and Purgier buckthorn ( Rhamnus cathartica ), as well as other woody plants such as Mespilus germanica , Juglans regia , Prunus and Quercus species. In spring the larva builds a characteristic exit tube on the ground.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ lepidoptera.pl ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ lepidoptera.pl ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera) ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Synanthedon at Funet
- ↑ Synanthedon at Funet
