Ochlodes sylvanus
Seq # 440040010
Thymelicus acteon

Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758) Species

Last modified: Sept. 14, 2023, 1:26 p.m.

In Flanders occuring in AN and LI, now confined to the Kempen and in the south of Belgium mainly occurring in the limestone area. Populations are declining everywhere. Endangered.

Details

Classification
Family: Hesperiidae > Subfamily: Hesperiinae > Genus: Hesperia > Species: Hesperia comma
Vernacular names
Kommavlinder (NL), Silver-spotted Skipper (EN), Comma (FR), Komma-Dickkopffalter (DE)
First mention in Belgium
De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1837. Catalogue des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de la Belgique, précédé du tableau des Libellulines de ce pays. — — : 1–29. On page 20 (as Hesperia Comma). view page
Status

Native

Distribution

Flight periods

The adults fly in one generation a year: from mid July till the end of August.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Festuca ovina

The larva lives on several species of Gramineae like Festuca, Corynephorus canescens and Agrostis vinealis.

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Contact
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Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1780 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1778 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1954 Antwerpen
  • 1903 Limburg
  • 196 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 25 Brabant Wallon
  • 1661 Hainaut
  • 2202 Namur
  • 2126 Liège
  • 2212 Luxembourg