Setina roscida
Felsenflechtenbär ( Setina roscida )
Called The Felsenflechtenbär ( Setina roscida ), sometimes Rauchflügliger Flechtenbär, rock dumps - plaiting Bear or Little Yellow Black Point Flechtenbär, is a butterfly (moth ) from the cutworm subfamily of tiger moths ( Arctiinae ).
- 5.1 Notes and references
- 5.2 Literature
Features
Butterfly
The moths have a wingspan of 19-24 mm in males and 14-20 mm in females. Their forewings are narrow, elongated and have a yolk- yellow to orange color, of which stand three transverse rows formed by black dots. Specimens from the Alps are particularly darkened smoke gray in the root zone. The hind wings have the same color as the front wings and show the hem also several distinct black dots. The abdomen shining silky black and yellow hairs on the two rearmost segments.
Caterpillar
Young caterpillars are flesh-colored, dyed the adult black-brown. You then have a conspicuous yellow spot pattern and are provided with black warts on which brownish and blackish hairs are mixed.
Similar Species
A similarity to the Little Flechtenbär ( Setina aurita ) in which, however, often run the black spots on the fore wings into strips.
The Steinflechtenbär ( Setina irrorella ) shows only one to three very small black spots on the hind wings, or the mottling is completely missing. The same applies to the Yellow Alpine Flechtenbär ( Setina alpestris ).
With a wingspan between 25 and 34 millimeters, the above three species are also larger than the Felsenflechtenbär and have wider front wings.
Geographical distribution and occurrence
The range of the species extends from western France through central Europe to the Volga region and the Altai. In the Alps, they can still be found at altitudes of 2600 meters. It settles preferred short grass steppe-like slopes and stone and rock dumps.
Way of life
The moths form two generations per year, which are found in the months of April to June and July to September. They are diurnal. The males fly in the sunshine, the females sit on grasses and are flightless sluggish. The caterpillars live in late summer, feed on different species of lichens, overwinter and pupate in the spring.
Endangering
The Felsenflechtenbär comes only a few German federal states is not resident as lost and is out on the Red List of Germany in Category 1 (" threatened with extinction ").