Sideridis rivularis
Violet Brown Kapseleule ( Sideridis rivularis )
The Violet Brown Kapseleule ( Sideridis rivularis ) is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of cutworms ( Noctuidae ).
- 5.1 Notes and references
- 5.2 Literature
Features
Butterfly
The wingspan of the butterfly is 29 to 34 millimeters. The forewings show a rich color spectrum, consisting of a blend of violet, reddish, dark brown, greenish and yellowish tints. Newly emerged moths have a distinctive purple sheen. In the black-brown colored copies, the yellow enclosed ring and kidney blemish come particularly clear advantage. These run into one another on the base and thereby give a V-shaped pattern. Zapf stigma are big and black. The yellowish wavy line is heavily serrated, shows a clear W and reveals black, inward arrow spots. The hind wings are pale gray-brown monochrome.
Caterpillar
Young caterpillars are first dyed dark green. Later, they take on a light green color and have yellowish back and side stripes and white dots. They change the look of growing up in a yellowish to brownish tint with tan slashes.
Geographical distribution and habitat
The species is widely distributed from the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula throughout Europe, including the British Isles and Fennoskandinaviens. Eastwards it comes through East Asia prior to Manchuria. However, the Mediterranean - The southern distribution includes the without Greece and parts Small and Central Asia. In the Alps, it rises to about 1600 meters altitude. The Violet Brown Kapseleule is found mainly on warm slopes, meadows and in open woods and gardens.
Way of life
The moths are active at night and suck like other flowers, such as bladder campion ( Silene vulgaris) Exceptional (Echium vulgare), Exceptional soapwort ( Saponaria officinalis ) and butterfly bush ( Buddleja davidii ). They also appear to artificial light sources and baits. The moths fly in two generations from late April to early July and from early August to mid-September. In the northern regions also univoltine strains occur. The caterpillars initially feed on the flowers and seed pods of its food plant, and later also of their leaves and live in different low plants, including moss campion ( Silene ) and Pechnelke species ( Lychnis ) and pigeon's crop ( Cucubalus baccifer ) and others.
Endangering
In Germany, the Violet Brown is Kapseleule widespread and locally as proliferates, so that it is classified in the Red List of Threatened Species as not at risk.