Chloroclysta siterata
Olive binding tensioner ( Chloroclysta siterata )
The Olive binding tensioner or Olive lime leaf tensioner ( Chloroclysta siterata ) is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the tensioner ( Geometridae ).
- 5.1 Notes and references
Description
The wingspan of the animals is 30 to 36 millimeters. The sensor works of Olive binding clamp at rest under the wings. The Olive binding clamp can be confused with other species of the genus Chloroclysta.
Similar Species
- Bluish Green blueberry blade tensioner ( Chloroclysta miata ) (Linnaeus, 1761 )
Flight time
The nocturnal animals fly in a generation in the period between early September and late October. The females overwinter and then fly in the following spring from mid- March to end of May. The moths are attracted to light.
Way of life
The eggs are laid in May. Shortly after hatching, the caterpillars. They live polyphagous on deciduous trees and shrubs. Ebert. lists the following food plants:
- Aspen (Populus tremula )
- Goat Willow (Salix caprea )
- English Oak (Quercus robur)
- Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea )
- Red oak (Quercus rubra)
- Japanese quince ( Chaenomeles japonica)
- Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia )
- Dog rose (Rosa canina )
- Blue Green Rose (Rosa vosagiaca )
- Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata )
- Sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)
- Alder ( alnus frangula )
- Lime (Tilia )
The caterpillars are almost completely hairless and during the day to find the food plants. The time of the track development ranges from June to August. Followed by the pupal stage, which ranges from August to September. The adults feed in the period from September to October from nectar of Efeublüten. Overwintering moths could not be observed in caves, cellars or tree holes, so it is assumed that they find in the vegetation shelter. The overwintered animals feed in early spring from the nectar of pussy willow.
Dissemination
The Olive tying vice is spread throughout Europe from the middle Fennoscandia to the Mediterranean and from the Iberian Peninsula to Asia Minor and the Caucasus.