Hylaea fasciaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: April 15, 2021, 10:52 a.m.
A rather common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Ennominae > Tribus: Campaeini > Genus: Hylaea > Species: Hylaea fasciaria
- Vernacular names
- Rode dennenspanner (NL), Barred Red (EN), La Métrocampe verte, la Bilieuse (FR), Zweibindiger Nadelwald-Spanner (DE)
- Synonyms
- Hylaea prosapiaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 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 15.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Flight periods
The adults fly in two, possibly three generations a year: from mid May till mid July and again from mid August till mid October. They come to light.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies and Pseudotsuga menziesii
The larva lives on a variety of coniferous trees like: Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies. It hibernates as a small larva on the food plant and pupates among conifer needles or other plant debris on the ground.
