Carcharodus lavatherae
Loreley Dickkopffalter ( Carcharodus lavatherae )
The Loreley Dickkopffalter ( Carcharodus lavatherae ), also called Ziest - Dickkopffalter or Greenish Skipper is a butterfly of the family of Skipper ( Hesperiidae ).
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Features
Butterfly
The moths reach a wingspan of 25-32 millimeters. Your wing tops have a greenish brown or yellowish brown, mottled ground color, which is interrupted by white spots. Occasionally a light reddish brown Überstäubung is available. Falter in Turkey are predominantly gray or gray-brown. Especially characteristic are two white stain bands on the hind wings, the outer smaller and less distinct.
Egg, caterpillar, pupa
The yellowish-colored egg is provided with fine oblique striations. The caterpillars are plump and thick, tapering only at the foremost two segments. They are covered with light gray to gray-blue color, with fine white dots that form longitudinal stripes on the back and on the sides. There is a yellowish stripes on the feet. The whole body including the head is equipped with long, thin, white hair. The doll has a dark brown base color and is covered with blue frost. Head and rump are covered with short and light. The cremaster is blunt, cone-shaped and provided with some small hooks.
Similar Species
- The similar Heilziest - Dickkopffalter ( Carcharodes flocciferus ) shows on the hind wings less white spots.
Occurrence and habitat
The animals come from North Africa and southern Europe eastward to the Middle East before. The Loreley Dickkopffalter can be found in Germany very locally on the Middle Rhine between Lorch and Sankt Goar, including near the Loreley, which is responsible for the German naming. In the Alps, he rises up to 1500 meters altitude. The species lives in warm, sunny areas, such as in canyons or on dry grassy slopes with bushes.
Way of life
The moths fly mainly from May to July in warm places. Occasionally suck especially the males in moist soil sites. The females lay eggs singly on the leaves of their food plants. The young caterpillars build a shelter by Fold a sheet on one side and secure with their filaments. They overwinter in a dwelling from dry, contracted leaves and pupate in the spring. The caterpillars feed on Ziesten ( Stachys ), especially by upright Betony ( Stachys recta ), the German Betony ( Stachys germanica ) and field Betony ( Stachys arvensis).
Threats and conservation
The Loreley Dickkopffalter occurs in Germany in Rhineland -Palatinate and is run on the Red List of endangered species in category 1 ( threatened with extinction ). In Hesse, he is already considered extinct.