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Epicallia Hübner, [1820]

Epicallia Hübner, [1820]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (12): 182, TS: Phalaena villica Linnaeus

Epicallia villica (Linnaeus, 1758)

NAF, EU, W.Russia, Ural, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Kurdistan, Iran, Near East. See [About maps] Cream-spot Tiger Schwarzer Bär Ècaille fermière Quelonia Fläckig björnspinnare fekete medvelepke
Phalaena villica Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 501, TL: Europe
?Bombyx angelica Geyer, ?1841; Eur. Schmett. 2: f. 326-327
floresi Agenjo, 1942
Epicallia villica, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Arctia villica, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Arctia villica, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Arctia villica, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Arctia villica, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Arctia villica ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 466
Epicallia villica ; [DubA, #38]

884x520 (~66Kb) Valdelatas, prov. Madrid, Spain, May-1988, Photo © Enrique Garcia-Barros

Larva on Taraxacum, Plantago, Achillea, Lamium, Urtica, Centaurea, Fragaria [BSW]

E. v. villica

S.Baltic, Belarus, Ukraine, Crimea, Moldoa, European Russia, W.Siberia, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, C.Europe Bombyx vidua Poda, 1761; Ins. Mus. Graecensis: 88
Arctia domiduca Meigen, 1832; Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett. 3: 267, pl. 123, f. 12
Arctia nigrella Fettig, 1889; in Dobiasch, Entomol. Almanach: 42
britannica Oberthür, 1911; Etudes Lépid. Comp., 5 (1): 135
Arctia nicaeensis Oberthür, 1911; Etudes Lépid. Comp., 5 (1): 138
Arctia corsica Oberthür, 1911; Etudes Lépid. Comp., 5 (1): 139
meridionalis Heinrich, 1923
wambachi von der Goltz, 1932
Epicallia villica villica ; [DubA, #38a]
Arctia villica villica ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 247, pl. XIII, f. 7a-b

E. v. angelica (Boisduval, 1829)

Bombyx konewkai Freyer, 1831; Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 1 : 6, 79, : 134 (1832), : 178 (1833), pl. 33, f. 1-2 (konewkaii?)
Euprepia villica var. sicula Zeller, 1847; Isis: 433
Arctia arabum Oberthür, 1910; Etud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 678, pl. 53, f. 447
Chelonia arabum Oberthür, 1911; Etudes Lépid. Comp., 5 (1): 140-141

E. v. fulminans (Staudinger, 1871)

Arctia fulminans Staudinger, 1871; in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lepid. europ. Faunegeb.: 57
Chelonia syriaca Oberthür, 1911; Etudes Lépid. Comp., 5 (1): 141

E. v. confluens (Romanoff, 1884)

SE.Transcaucasia, N.Iran Arctia villica confluens Romanoff, 1884; Mém. lépidop., Ed. N.M. Romanoff, 1: 87, pl. 4, f. 9
Epicallia villica confluens ; [DubA, #38b]

E. v. marchandi (De Freina, 1983)

daralagezi O. Bang-Haas

= ; [DubP]

Epicallia villica marchandi ; [Dubatolov]
Arctia villica marchandi ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 247, pl. XIII, f. 8a-b

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References:

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[BSW]

de Freina, J. J., Witt, T. J, 1987; Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis; ISBN 3-926285-00-1

[DubA]

Dubatolov, 1996; A list of the Arctiinae of the territory of the former U.S.S.R (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae); In: Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Band 37: 39-89; A web presentation of the list.

[Enrique Garcia-Barros]

Enrique García-Barros; Dept. Biol. (Zool.); Univ. Autonoma de Madrid

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

Some related literature:

de Freina, 1999

Beitrag zur systematischen Erfassung der Bombyces- und Sphinges-Fauna Kleinasiens, Weitere Kenntnisse über Artenspektrum, Systematik und Verbreitung der Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae und Cymatophoridae Atalanta 30 (1/4): 187-257

Freyer, 1831

Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. (1-16) Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 1 : 1-80 (1831), 81-162 (1832), 163-182 (1833)

Hampson, 1901

Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: xix+690pp

Hübner, [1820]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -

Meigen, 1832

Systematische Beschreibung der europäischen Schmetterlinge; mit Abbildungen auf Steintafeln Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett. 3: VI+276, pl. 81-125 (?1830-1832)

Poda, 1761

Insecta Musei Graecensis, quae in ordines, genera et species juxta Systema Naturae Caroli Linnaei digessit Ins. Mus. Graecensis: 8+127, 2pls

Romanoff, 1884

Les Lépidoptères de la Transcaucasie. Première partie Mém. lépidop., Ed. N.M. Romanoff, 1: 1-92, pl. 1-5

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