White bandage bedstraw

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White bandage bedstraw
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White banded bedstraw ( Epirrhoe rivata )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Spanner (Geometridae)
Subfamily : Larentiinae
Genre : Epirrhea
Type : White bandage bedstraw
Scientific name
Epirrhoe rivata
( Huebner , 1813)

The white banded bedstraw ( Epirrhoe rivata ), also known as the bushes bedstraw , is a butterfly ( moth ) from the Spanner family (Geometridae).

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 28 to 34 millimeters. The basic color of the fore wings is creamy white. The root area is gray. The middle field is dark brown, blue-gray in the center, provided with a black center and jagged outwards. There is no dark wavy line in the wide white crossbar between the middle and the hem. The fringe is dark gray-brown. The fringes are clearly pied. The whitish hind wings show a small black central spot and a gray-brown border area.

Caterpillar

Adult caterpillars are light brown in color. On the back they show dark spots in the middle area as well as dark brown angular signs, the tips of which are directed forward.

Similar species

The gray banded bedstraw ( Epirrhoe alternata ) is on average smaller and differs by a dark wavy line in the white cross band and by weaker piebald fringes.

Geographical distribution and occurrence

The white banded bedstraw is widespread in Europe, in the south to Armenia . In the Alps it can still be found at an altitude of 1500 meters. The species inhabits many different habitats, including deciduous and mixed forests as well as meadows, shrubbery and park landscapes.

Way of life

The diurnal and nocturnal moths fly in a first generation mainly from April to June and in some areas in a second from July to September. They are mainly active during the day, at night they also visit artificial light sources . The caterpillars feed on the leaves of different types of bedstraw ( Galium ). The pupa hibernates, sometimes twice.

Danger

The white banded bedstraw occurs in large numbers in all German federal states. It is classified as not endangered on the Red List of Threatened Species .

swell

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. ^ A b Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 5: Spanner. (Geometridae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-04951-5 .
  3. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany . Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-110-9 .

literature

  • Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke, Bernd Müller: We determine butterflies. Volume 4: Spanner. 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1976, DNB 780451570 .
  • Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : The butterflies of Central Europe. Volume 5: Spanner. (Geometridae). Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-04951-5 .
  • 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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