Pseudoips prasinana
Book - Kahneule ( Pseudoips prasinana )
The Book - Kahneule ( Pseudoips prasinana ) is a butterfly (moth ) from the subfamily of Kahneulchen ( Nolinae ), which is calculated according to the recent classification of the family of cutworms ( Noctuidae ) ..
- 3.1 Flight times and caterpillars
- 3.2 food of the caterpillars
- 5.1 Notes and references
- 5.2 Literature
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 30 to 35 millimeters. They have bright pale green forewings, where two or three fine, indistinct, light transverse lines are visible. In addition, because parallel adjacent dark green colored lines. The wings of the males have a red, with the females showing a reddish - yellow margin. The hind wings of the males are yellow-green, the white of the females. The legs as well as the sensor on the front side in red, but the rear whitened. There are animals in which the vane inner edge and the transverse lines are colored red.
The caterpillars are about 35 mm long. They are also light green with many small, yellow spots and two narrow yellow stripes. Behind the head a somewhat thicker yellow transverse fascia is visible. At the end of the abdomen, before Nachschieber is on each side a short red line can be seen. The four abdominal pairs of legs have significantly broadened soles.
Similar Species
- Big Kahn Spinner ( Bena bicolorana )
Occurrence
They come in almost all of Europe and the rest of the Palaearctic in deciduous forests, especially in beech and oak forests widespread and numerous before. You are lacking in North Africa and the Far North.
Way of life
The moths fly in the evening and at night and be attracted by artificial light. On the day they can be found sitting under leaves. In its rest position, the animals lay their wings roof-like each other.
Flight times and caterpillars
The moths fly in one generation from early May to late July. The caterpillars are found from June to September. In warmer regions, a second generation flies up in the late summer.
Food of the caterpillars
The caterpillars feed on the leaves of deciduous trees and shrubs. You prefer beech ( Fagus sylvatica), silver birch (Betula pendula), oak (Quercus robur), common hazel (Corylus avellana ) and sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa).
Development
The females lay very flat and like wheels with spokes ripped, pale yellow eggs singly on the upper surface of the leaves of forage plants. The caterpillars are also nocturnal. They usually pupate on leaves in very tightly woven, whitish or light brown cocoons. These look very similar by its keel on the front of a boat. The pupa is reddish brown on the back, on the bottom it is pale yellow brown. They wintered before they hatch in the spring.