Cymbalophora rivularis

Cymbalophora rivularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Cymbalophora
Species: C. rivularis
Binomial name
Cymbalophora rivularis
Synonyms
  • Chelonia rivularis Ménétries, 1832
  • Euprepia rivularis
  • Euprepia rivularis dannehli Turati in Dannehl, 1928
  • Euprepia rivularis perversa Turati in Dannehl, 1928

Cymbalophora rivularis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in central Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, western Iran, Dagestan, Armenia and western Azerbaijan.[2]

These species can be easily distinguished as rivularis because they are smaller and have a yellowish abdomen, and exhibits three black spots on the inferior margin of forewings. Furthermore, the female is brachypterous, whilst the female of the congeneric species, Cymbalophora Pudica, is fully winged.[3]

 

The wingspan of the male is 20–30 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Taraxacum and Plantago species.[5]

Life Cycle [6]

  • Male Pupa
  • Female Pupa
  • Larva
  • Full Grown Male (large wings)
  • Full Grown Female (brachypterous)

Similar Species

Primary Host-Plants

Family Latin Name Vernacular Name
Asteraceae Taraxacum Dandelion
Plantaginaceae Plantago Plantain

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Cymbalophora at funet
  3. ↑ "View of A relict population of Cymbalophora rivularis on the Pollino Massif, southern Italy (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)". www.fragmentaentomol.org. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  4. ↑ tarimkutuphanesi.com
  5. ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe
  6. ↑ "European Lepidoptera and their ecology: Cymbalophora rivularis". www.pyrgus.de. Retrieved 2018-10-05.


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