Deidamia inscriptum
Preparation of Deidamia Inscripta
Deidamia inscriptum is the only butterfly species of the genus Deidamia from the family of moth ( Sphingidae ).
- 3.1 food plants of the caterpillars
- 5.1 Notes and references
- 5.2 Literature
Features
Characteristics of the moths
The brownish colored moths have a forewing length of 22 to 25 millimeters, so they are among the smallest enthusiasts in North America. This and the sharp jagged forewing outer edge to make a determination of the kind of simple. Your drawing is essentially fixed.
Features of the crawler
The caterpillars are colored relatively variable in the last stage. They have a bright lime green to gray-green color and carry seven or eight pairs of longitudinal strips. A pale yellow Subdorsalstreifen ranges from head to Analhorn. The strip is either a fine line or a wide band, which merges with the other strips.
Features of the dolls
The pupa varies from light brown marbled uniformly dark brown with dark brown spots up. Its surface is slightly rough and the head carries three distinct nodes. The proboscis sheath is fused with the body. The cremaster is short, very rough and ends in a single, sharp point.
Occurrence
The species is widespread in eastern North America. It comes on the Atlantic coast of New England to northern Florida and west to the southern half bordering on the Great Lakes States, in southeastern North Dakota to the edge of the Great Plains before. In Nebraska you can find them west up to Chadron. In Canada, it occurs on the Niagara Peninsula, north to Pinhey Forest in the extreme south of Quebec, and Ontario.
Way of life
The adults are among the first enthusiasts that occur in the spring. They fly in one generation, to the north from late April to early June, on the south by the end of February to April. The animals are in the evening hardworking flower visitors, where they (Syringa vulgaris) are detected only at a few nectar plants such as rhododendrons (Rhododendron ), Phlox (Phlox ) and vulgar lilac.
Food plants of the caterpillars
The caterpillars feed mainly on grapevine family ( Vitaceae ), such as grapevines ( Vitis ), Ampelopsis, self-climbing Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia ) and Ordinary creeper (Parthenocissus Vitacea ). In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains can be found on Sauer Tree ( Oxydendrum arboreum ) of the family Ericaceae ( Ericaceae ), they also often.
Development
The females lay their pale green eggs individually onto the undersides of the caterpillar food plants. The caterpillars bend her head back and vomit liquid when you bothering them. Pupation takes place in a shallow burrow in the ground.