Hoplodrina superstes (Ochsenheimer, 1816) Species
Last modified: Sept. 15, 2023, 7:19 p.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium, the rarest of all 5 native Hoplodrina species. The species has his stronghold in the limestone area.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Xyleninae > Tribus: Caradrinini > Genus: Hoplodrina > Species: Hoplodrina superstes
- Vernacular names
- Twijfelstofuil (NL), Powdered Rustic (EN), La Caradrine de la Surelle, la Noctuelle flatteuse (FR), Gelbgraue Felsflur-Staubeule (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1857a. Catalogue des Insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 1: 1–111. On page 95.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 32–36 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as a larva. The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year: from late June till end of August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Oxalis acetosella
- Host plant (genera):
- Taraxacum, Plantago, Galium and Rumex
- Substrates:
- Herbaceous plants
There is little known about the life cycle of the larva, but it is believed that it lives on a variety of herbaceous low plants like: Taraxacum, Plantago, Galium, Rumex or Oxalis acetosella.
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Habitat
It occurs in xerothermic stony, rocky places with scattered vegetation like quarries etc...
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