Cleorodes lichenaria
Freshly hatched copy the Green Braid beef tensioner
Called The Green lichen beef tensioner ( Cleorodes lichenaria ), also Green Tree bark lichens tensioner or bark lichen - green tensioner, is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the tensioner ( Geometridae ).
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- 6.2 Literature
Features
Butterfly
With a wingspan of 25 to 35 millimeters count the butterflies to the smaller beef tensioner species. The light gray forewings show only newly hatched specimens of a greenish Überstäubung which merges but fades very quickly and in a washed-out gray-brown tint. A medium shade is usually lacking. The front wings are dusted dark and show an elongated center. Characteristic are two black transverse lines, the outer saumwärts projecting strong. The fringes are checkered black and white. On the hind wings there is a strongly serrated black transverse line. The hem contains some black, crescent-shaped drawing elements. The antennae of the males are strong on both sides combed, those of the females are thread-like and scaly.
Caterpillar
Adults caterpillars are querfaltig and provided the fourth and eighth segment with clear, sharp double humps. Their color varies from gray to green moss green and displays the pages a black spot drawing. Thus they are adapted in shape and color the lichen on which they live. Even the scientific name of the species derives from the Latin Lichenes = lichens.
Doll
The red-brown, slender doll has two spines and two pairs of very small hooks on the cremaster short.
Geographical distribution and occurrence
The distribution area of the Green Braid beef tensioner extends through large parts of central Europe to the Black Sea region and the Caucasus. In the Alps, it rises to a height of 1200 meters. The species inhabits moist forests often and rear areas, but was also found on warm limestone slopes.
Way of life
The moths are nocturnal and fly to artificial light sources, and also like bait. First-generation main flight period are the months of May and June. A second generation lives from late July to late September. The caterpillars feed on lichens, for example, on ash trees (Fraxinus ), poplar (Populus ), elm (Ulmus ), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris ) and plums (Prunus domestica ) or on walls and grow on roofs. The caterpillars overwinter the second generation.
Endangering
The species occurs in the German states in different numbers before, is usually very rare, true regional basis and is therefore classified as missing on the Red List of endangered species in category 1 (" threatened with extinction ").
Subspecies
The following sub- types can be distinguished:
- Cleorodes lichenaria lichenaria
- Cleorodes lichenaria jaspidaria
- Cleorodes lichenaria distinctaria