Pungeleria capreolaria
Brown coniferous forest clamps ( Pungeleria capreolaria )
The brown coniferous forest clamps ( Pungeleria capreolaria ), also known as fir dust belt tensioner, is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the tensioner ( Geometridae ).
- 6.1 Notes and references
- 6.2 Literature
Features
Butterfly
The wingspan of the butterfly is 30 to 38 mm. Your basic color ranges from gray to brown -gray to yellow to gray. Point to the front wings a darkened midfield, which will narrowed from the middle to the front edge and bordered by blackish transverse lines. In addition, a black Diskalfleck can be seen. Specific type is a wider, darker division line in the wing tip. The hind wings are brightly colored and show an indistinct transverse line.
Caterpillar
The caterpillars have a green-white longitudinal stripes that lead to pine needles to an almost perfect camouflage.
Similar Species
A certain similarity to the powder release ( Plagodis pulveraria ), but the division of the line in the front wing tip is missing.
Geographical distribution and occurrence
The brown coniferous forest - clamper is in the mountains of southern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus, but lacking in the British Isles and Fennoscandia. In the Alps, he rises up to 1800 meters. The species is found in pine, mixed and spruce forests.
Way of life
The moths fly in one generation from mid-June to early September. They rest during the day mostly on tree trunks, but sometimes fly in the forest or on forest edges and were also found in the dietary intake of heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) were observed. They can be attracted at night by artificial light. The caterpillars feed on Common Spruce ( Picea abies ) and silver fir (Abies alba). The caterpillars overwinter.
Endangering
The brown coniferous forest - tensioner is out on the red list of threatened species as not at risk.
System
In older literature, Puengeleria is used as a generic name sometimes. Frederic de Rougemont, who described the genus, placed the name though in honor of Rudolf Püngeler, but the genus called Pungeleria.