April 20th, 2020 Cosmin Manci
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hemaris
Species: croatica
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- Hostplants: various Dipsacaceae (Scabiosa sp., Cephalaria sp.)
Similar species (in Europe): none.
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January 31st, 2019 Cosmin Manci
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Parnassius
Species: apollo
- x
- x
- photos taken in Bulgaria & Greece
ssp. rhodopensis Markowitsch, 1910
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October 26th, 2012 Cosmin Manci
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Malacosoma
Species: castrensis
- x
- x
- x
- photos taken in Romania, Greece & Turkey
Similar species (in Europe): …
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October 26th, 2012 Cosmin Manci
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Ematurga
Species: atomaria
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- Hostplants: the larvae of this species can be found on a large number of plant species (Carex, Centaurea, Solidago, Calluna, Vaccinium, Trifolium, Artemisia, Hypericum, Ledum, Chrysanthemum, Arctium, Salix, Betula, Sorbus, Prunus).
Similar species (in Europe): …
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June 9th, 2010 Cosmin Manci
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pyrgus
Species: sidae
- x
- x
- x
- foodplant: Potentilla recta
Similar species (in Europe): …
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June 8th, 2010 Cosmin Manci
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Dicranura
Species: ulmi
- ENG: Elm Moth
- x
- x
- foodplant: Ulmus
- photos taken in Romania and Greece
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June 8th, 2010 Cosmin Manci
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Lasiocampa
Species: trifolii
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- x
- x
- photos taken in Greece
Similar species (in Europe): …
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May 16th, 2009 Cosmin Manci
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Acherontia
Species: atropos
- It occurred in orchards, gardens, meadows… essentially anywhere where its foodplants occurred in abundance. Is a rare species now.
- Eggs are oval, greenish or bluish laid singly on underneath old leaves of the hostplant. Eggs are small for size of moth (1,5×1,2 mm). The full grown larva are 120-130mm. Larvae are in three forms: green, brown or yellow. The pupa is in a pupal chamber in soil at 15-40 cm.
- Flight period: sometime found from May but usually in the autumn (September-October-November).
- Hostplant: specially plants for Solanaceae, Bignoniaceae and Oleaceae (Solanum tuberosum, S. dulcamara, Ligustrum, Datura, Cannabis, Atropa, Lycium, Philadelphus, Nicotiana, Nerium, Olea, Schrebera alata, Stachytarpeta indica, Clerodendron, Tecomaria, Tecoma, Withania, Hoslundia, Fraxinus).
- photos taken in Romania and Greece
Similar species (in Europe): none
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