Small wine hawthorn [1] [2] [3] , or small pink hawthorn [4] , pink hawthorn , ( Deilephila porcellus ) - a butterfly from the family of hawthorn ( Sphingidae ).
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| Deilephila porcellus ( Linnaeus , 1758 ) |
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Etymology
This hawthorn got the specific name “porcellus”, which means “piglet” in Latin for its pink color [1] .
Description
Wingspan 40–62 mm. The color of the front wings and body is pink-yellow with brownish narrow transverse bandages. The hind wings are pink with a yellow border. The antennae are white. In the foothills of the North Caucasus there is a subspecies with brownish-yellow color of wings.
Area
The range covers Europe, North Africa, Northwest China, the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Amur Region : Amur Region . In Crimea, the species is found everywhere [1] . One of the most common types of hawthorn in southern Russia; rare in the east of range.
Biology
It gives two generations per year: the flight time of the first is May - June, of the second - July - August. The caterpillar has an eye-like pattern, like that of the average wine barrag, but the 2nd eye-spot is much smaller than the front. The caterpillar horn at the end of the body is atrophied [1] . Caterpillars feed on flowers and buds of fodder plants of the genus Galium and Epilobium at night. In danger, the caterpillar inflates the ocular segment of the body; if this does not help, it mimics death. A chrysalis overwinter.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Efetov K.A., Budashkin Yu. I. Butterflies of the Crimea: (Highest Diverse Lepidoptera) - Simferopol: Tavria, 1990.112 p.
- ↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- S. 233. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .
- ↑ Gornostaev G.N. Insects of the USSR. M., 1970.372 s.
- ↑ Smelters N.N. Key to insects. A brief guide to the most common insects in the European part of the USSR. - M: Uchpedgiz, 1957.- 548 p.