Lomographa bimaculata
Appearance
Lomographa bimaculata | |
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Adult at IJmuiden , Netherlands
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Lomographa |
Species: | L. bimaculata
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Binomial name | |
Lomographa bimaculata (Fabricius, 1775)
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Synonyms | |
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Lomographa bimaculata, the white-pinion spotted, is a species of
junior objective synonym of Lomographa and the namesake of the Baptini.[1] The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius
ion 1775.
Two subspecies have been named, as well as several forms (e.g. bipunctata):[2]
- Lomographa bimaculata bimaculata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Lomographa bimaculata subnotata (Warren, 1895)
Ecology and description
The rather common species inhabits mainly
English Midlands and on Ireland it is found only locally.[3] To the east it extends into the Caucasus, Russia, the Russian Far East, Siberia, Central Asia and Japan
. The species occurs in the Southern Alps only at lower altitudes. It prefers to live on bushy deciduous forest edges, on forest clearings, on river banks, as well as in gardens and parks.
The adults appear in the
nocturnal species which can be attracted to light. The adult's wingspan is 22–26 mm. The wings are a very pale silvery grey, with two dark grey spots on each forewing's leading edge, from which the two bands typical of Ennominae (but in this species consisting only of very small and weak grey speckles) run over the forewings and hindwings to form a semicircle. The body is also whitish.[4] See also Prout.[5]
The rounded egg is strongly depressed. Adult caterpillars have a green colour and are recognizable by a purple brown or red dorsal line, mostly interrupted and especially at the end with diamond spots.
The pupa is reddish-brown and with two tips and some short bristles on the cremaster.
This moth has a single generation per year (though late sightings suggest that this might not always be so). The caterpillars feed on Prunus species – including bird cherry (Prunus padus) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) – as well as on hawthorns (Crataegus).[6]
Synonyms
Junior synonyms of the white-pinion spotted include:[7]
- Bapta bimaculata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Geometra taminata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Lomographa taminata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Phalaena bimaculata Fabricius, 1775
Footnotes
- ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab)
- ^ Kolar (1942), and see references in Savela (2009)
- ^ FE (2009), Kimber [2010]
- ^ Kolar (1942), Kimber [2010]
- ^ Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Kimber [2010], and see references in Savela (2009)
- ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab), and see references in Savela (2009)
References
- Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Lomographa bimaculata. Version 2.1, 22 December 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- Kolar, Heinrich (1942): Seltsame Geometridenfunde ["Peculiar records of geometer moths"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 109 [in German]. PDF fulltext
- Kimber, Ian [2010]: UKmoths – Lomographa bimaculata. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004a): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Bapta. Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004b): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Lomographa. Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- Savela, Markku (2009): Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms – Lomographa bimaculata. Version of 16 July 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
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