Seq # 700110120

Hypena proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Species

Last modified: Dec. 9, 2024, 12:15 p.m.


A very common species throughout Belgium.

This species is considered Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.


Details

Classification
Family: Erebidae > Subfamily: Hypeninae > Genus: Hypena > Species: Hypena proboscidalis
Vernacular names
Bruine snuituil (NL), Snout (EN), La Noctuelle à museau (FR), Nessel-Schnabeleule (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. view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates as a larva and pupates in a cocoon formed among leaves of the food plant. The adults are active from dusk onwards and later come to light and sugar.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in two generations a year from early May till mid-October, occasionally later.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Urtica dioica

The larva lives on Urtica.

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