Seq # 601010010

Paradarisa consonaria (Hübner, 1799) Species

Last modified: April 11, 2024, 3:34 p.m.


A local and very rare species in Belgium, since 1980 mainly known from the south of the country.


Details

Classification
Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Ennominae > Tribus: Boarmiini > Genus: Paradarisa > Species: Paradarisa consonaria
Vernacular names
Vierkantspikkelspanner (NL), Square Spot (EN), La Boarmie du Tilleul, la Boarmie convenable (FR), Glattbindiger Rindenspanner (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 16.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan 40–45 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates as a pupa underground.
The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in one generation a year from early April till June.


Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Vaccinium
Substrates:
Deciduous trees and Coniferous trees

The larva lives on deciduous and coniferous trees, also on Vaccinium.

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