Mesotype verberata
Bergmatten herbs tensioner ( Mesotype verberata )
The Bergmatten herbs tensioner ( Mesotype verberata ), formerly verberata called Perizoma and also called slope bog - wavy - blade tensioner or marshy slopes grass - blade tensioner, is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the tensioner ( Geometridae ).
- 5.1 Notes and references
- 5.2 Literature
Features
Butterfly
The wingspan of the butterfly is 24 to 32 millimeters. The ground color of the forewings is whitish to cream- colored, sometimes slightly brownish dusted. The forewings show three to five dark, wavy cross lines that bend easily in the direction of the leading edge. The Saumfeld is occasionally somewhat obscured. The outermost Saumrand a thin black line is broken to detect. Diskalflecke are usually not visible or only as a tiny dot available. The hind wings are whitish and show one or two indistinct transverse lines.
Egg
The egg is at first greenish and turns later in light brown shades. The narrow profile is approximated pear-shaped. The broadsides have distinct wells. In the top view, it looks almost rectangular. The network structure is very fine and only faintly discernible. The Mikropylrosette is highlighted zwölfblättrig and black.
Caterpillar
Adults caterpillars are gray green, have a dark dorsal line and a broad white side stripes. The front part is slightly tapered.
Doll
The doll has a yellow-brown color and a blackish cremaster.
Geographical distribution and occurrence
The Bergmatten herbs tensioner is found predominantly in mountainous and hilly areas of Central Europe. The distribution ranges of Spain over the Alps and the Balkans to the Middle East. It is missing in Northern and Eastern Europe. The altitudinal distribution includes layers of 600 to 2500 meters, preferably in the Alps, the region between 1000 and 1500 meters. Main habitat of the species are forest glades and edges, mountain meadows, lean lawns, overgrown with shrubs grasslands and marshy terrain.
Way of life
The main flight period of moths are the months of June, July and August. They are mainly crepuscular and nocturnal. At dusk they like to suck on the flowers of the following plants:
- Common Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea )
- Monkshood (Aconitum napellus )
- Round-leaved bellflower ( Campanula rotundifolia ).
At night they visit artificial light sources. The females scatter their eggs usually solitary and loose in the vegetation. The caterpillars feed on various low plants, for example by Bärwurz ( Meum athamanticum ) or Hasenlattich ( Premanthes purpurea) and live from April to June. They pupate in a slight cocoon on the ground. The species overwinters as an egg.
Endangering
The Bergmatten herbs tensioner comes in Germany in different numbers before, lacking in some of the western, northern and northeastern regions, and is on the Red List of endangered species in category 3 ( endangered) out.