Colobochyla salicalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Species
Last modified: Nov. 12, 2025, 7:10 p.m.
Used to be a fairly common species in the south of Belgium, but has become very rare now.
Data Deficient due to a lack of sufficient data according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Erebidae > Subfamily: Boletobiinae > Genus: Colobochyla > Species: Colobochyla salicalis
- Vernacular names
- Booglijnuil (NL), Lesser Belle (EN), La Madope du Saule (FR), Weiden-Spannereule (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 19.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as a pupa, in a tough cocoon of silk and chewed bark on a twig on the food plant. The adults are active from dusk onwards and later come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year from mid-May to mid-August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Populus tremula
The larva lives on young shoots and leaves of Populus tremulifolia and Salix.
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