Hypena crassalis (Fabricius, 1787) Species
Last modified: May 7, 2024, 5:45 p.m.
It is a not-so-common species throughout Belgium, especially in the Kempen and the southern part.
This species is considered Near Threatened according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Erebidae > Subfamily: Hypeninae > Genus: Hypena > Species: Hypena crassalis
- Vernacular names
- Bosbessnuituil (NL), Beautiful Snout (EN), La Noctuelle épaissie (FR), Heidelbeer-Schnabeleule (DE)
- Synonyms
- Hypena fontis (Thunberg, 1788)
- 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. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates usually as a pupa in a cocoon among plant debris or just under the ground but sometimes the larva hibernates in the cocoon and pupation take place in spring.
The adults are active from dusk onwards and later come to light and sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from mid May towards late August in one generation a year.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Vaccinium myrtillus
The larva lives on Vaccinium myrtillus.
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