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Diurnea fagella male


Diurnea fagella male
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Copyright: Harm Alberts (Harm-digitaal) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 108 W: 7 N: 1847] (7029)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-25
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L USM Macro
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Moths of Europe 1 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-03-26 6:32
Viewed: 518
Points: 4
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Diurnea fagella male / Buchenmotte oder Sängerin männchen.

Diurnea fagella is an early spring species. It flies about from March to May. That is he does. The females have much shorter, stunted wings than the males.
She reaches a wingspan of some 20 mm. The male is much more variable reaching a wingspan of 25 to 32 mm. Also highly variable in colouring. Usually light with some black, fine lines, but sometimes very dark indeed.
Some Diurnea fagella have about the same amount of black and white colours, are hardly marked and quite difficult to identify. The caterpillars live on various decidous trees, especially oak and birch. Diurnea fagella is common over much of the British Isles. Usually considered to be a member of the Chimabachinae, a subfamily of the Oecophoridae. This subfamily is however considered by some to be a family of its own, called the Chimabachidae.
Source:http://www.gardensafari.net/english/picpages/diurnea_fagella.htm

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mysterious insect, great shot. Greeting from Turkey.

Bonjour,
Original et rarement vu. Bravo.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

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