Muschampia cribrellum
Muschampia cribrellum, rarely steppe Skipper is a butterfly of the family of Skipper ( Hesperiidae ).
Features
The forewing length is 13 to 16 millimeters. Muschampia cribrellum is very similar to Muschampia tessellum, but is slightly smaller, but has more white spots. On the fore wings there are two pair Postdiskalflecke 1b in cell. However, may be mitigated or reduced to the lower of the two spots. The white Diskalbalken on the front upper wing surface, which is present in tesselatum Muschampia, absent in Muschampia cribellum. The underside of the hind wings is olive green with large white spots (especially the Submarginalflecke ) merge the partial.
Geographic occurrence and habitat
Muschampia cribrellum is distributed from northern Hungary, Romania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and the Ukraine, South Russia to the Altai and the Amur basin. The moth is found on dry steppes with shrubs. In Macedonia, he was found at 800 meters above sea level.
Way of life
The moths fly from May to June in one generation. For the Altai June and July is specified as a time of flight of moths. The caterpillar eats probably due to cinquefoils ( Potentilla spp. )