Meadow rue capsule spanner
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Meadow rue capsule wrench ( Gagitodes sagittata ) |
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The meadow rue capsule spanner ( Gagitodes sagittata , syn .: Perizoma sagittata ) or meadow rue leaf spanner is a butterfly ( moth ) from the spanner family (Geometridae).
features
butterfly
The wingspan of the moth is about 26 to 34 millimeters. The forewings have a red-brown to caramel-brown basic color, the middle and root fields are monochrome black-brown and bordered by fine white lines. A large spike protrudes from the midfield towards the edge in the shape of an arrow, in the extension of which there is a white spot. The white-gray hind wings show an indistinct dark transverse line and a small point in the middle. The butterfly is unmistakable due to the very striking and characteristic drawing. Specimens with a central band interrupted in white in the middle are called f.interrupta Hirschke.
Caterpillar, pupa
The caterpillar is light green in color and has noticeable dark green transverse ridges and side stripes. The doll is short, thick and green with two diverging bristles on the cremaster.
Occurrence
The main distribution of the species is in East Asia, as in Japan, Korea, China and the Kuril Islands as well as in Northern and Central Europe. It prefers moist areas and rises up to 1500 meters in the Alps.
Way of life
The caterpillars feed on the flowers and fruits of the meadow rue ( Thalictrum ). They live in August and September. The pupae overwinter, sometimes twice. The moths are nocturnal and fly from mid-June to mid-August.
Danger
In Germany the species occurs only sporadically and is listed on the Red List of Threatened Species in Category 2 (“critically endangered”), in Baden-Württemberg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt even in Category 1 (“threatened with extinction "). In North Rhine-Westphalia it is considered to be extinct or lost.
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Manfred Koch, Wolfgang Heinicke, Bernd Müller: We determine butterflies. Volume 4: Spanner. 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1976, DNB 780451570 .
- ↑ a b W. Forster, TA Wohlfahrt: Spanner . Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, 1974. ISBN 3-440-46625-6
- ^ Peder Skou: The Geometroid Moths of North Europe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae and Geometridae) , Scandinavian Science Press, Vol. 6, 1986, pp. 135-136.
- ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Red List of Endangered Animals in Germany. Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998. ISBN 978-3-896-24110-8
- ↑ Red List NRW 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2013 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.
literature
- Walter Forster , Theodor A. Wohlfahrt : Spanner . Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-440-46625-6 .
- Manfred Koch , Wolfgang Heinicke, Bernd Müller: We determine butterflies. Volume 4: Spanner. 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Neumann, Leipzig / Radebeul 1976, DNB 780451570 .
Web links
- www.lepiforum.de Taxonomy and photos
- www.nic.funet.fi occurrence
- Gagitodes sagittata in Fauna Europaea
- www.schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de Endangerment
- s4ads.com/rotelisten Red Lists