Seq # 902410010

Leucania comma (Linnaeus, 1761) Species

Last modified: Sept. 28, 2023, noon


A fairly common species throughout Belgium.


Details

Classification
Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Hadeninae > Tribus: Hadenini > Genus: Leucania > Subgenus: Leucania > Species: Leucania comma
Vernacular names
Komma-uil (NL), Shoulder-striped Wainscot (EN), Le Comma blanc (FR), Berg-Graseule, Komma-Graseule (DE)
First mention in Belgium
De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 12. view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 32–37 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates as a fully grown larva in cocoon underground, in which it pupates.
The adults come to light and sugar.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in one generation a year from mid-May till late July. Sometimes a partial second generation occurs from mid-September till mid-October.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Dactylis glomerata
Substrates:
Grasses

The larva lives on different species of Gramineae, especially on Dactylis glomerata.

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