Synanthedon soffneri
The honeysuckle - Clearwing ( Synanthedon soffneri ), sometimes Honeysuckle Clearwing or Soffners called Honeysuckle glass enthusiast, a butterfly of the family is Clearwing ( Sesiidae ). The species was named after the make on entomological field faunists Josef Soffner.
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- 5.2 Literature
Features
Butterfly
The moths have transparent wings, which are scaly only at the wing veins, the Diskalfleck and the wing edges. You can reach a wingspan of 17-23 millimeters. In the middle of an elongated black brown Diskalfleck can be seen running from the front to the back edge. The also black brown hem is relatively wide. The hind wings have a narrow dark Saumbinde and a small black brown Diskalfleck. Sensor, thorax and abdomen shining blue-black to purple-black. In the fourth segment there is a yolk- yellow colored ring. The after Bush is fan- shaped and black in color.
Similar Species
There is a similarity to the Snowball Clearwing ( Synanthedon andrenaeformis ). However, this shows a narrower, yellowish or whitish colored ring at the fourth segment, and another on the second segment. In addition, the after- Busch is formed at the lower end of yellow hair.
The Apple Tree Clearwing ( Synanthedon myopaeformis ) is distinguished by the reddish colored ring on the fourth segment. The same is true differentiator ( Synanthedon culiciformis ) also for the little birch clearwing moth.
Geographical distribution and occurrence
The snowball clearwings comes from Central Europe via Russia to the Altai Mountains ago. Since the nature very inconspicuous lives and have only known since 1983, the previous locality data are patchy. In the Engadine, she was still detected at altitudes of over 2000 meters. Main habitat of the species are floodplains, mixed forests and shady areas with lush herbaceous vegetation.
Way of life
The diurnal moths flying in the months of May and June, sometimes as early as April. They are particularly active in the sunshine. Then you like to visit the flowers of different plants and also fly to pheromone traps. The maggot-like caterpillar usually live three -round in thin branches of Black Honeysuckle ( Lonicera nigra) or Red Honeysuckle ( Lonicera xylosteum ). In Asia they were also found to Tatar honeysuckle ( Lonicera tatarica ). They overwinter and pupate in the fourth year without further food intake.
Endangering
As well as from other countries are also from Germany so far only a few reports on the occurrence of snowball - wing moth from individual federal states. The data from Bavaria is predominantly evidence of pheromone traps. In Baden- Württemberg the species is classified as not at risk.