Seq # 600900010

Hypomecis punctinalis (Scopoli, 1763) Species

Last modified: Sept. 23, 2023, 2:10 p.m.


A common species throughout Belgium.


Details

Classification
Family: Geometridae > Subfamily: Ennominae > Tribus: Boarmiini > Genus: Hypomecis > Species: Hypomecis punctinalis
Vernacular names
Ringspikkelspanner (NL), Pale Oak Beauty (EN), La Boarmie pointillée (FR), Aschgrauer Rindenspanner (DE)
Synonyms
Hypomecis consortaria (Fabricius, 1787)
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 16 (as Boarmia consortaria F.). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan: 46–55 mm.

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature


Bionomics

Hibernates as a pupa underground.
The adults come to light.

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Flight periods

The moths fly in mostly an elongated generation from late April to late August/early September. Rarely moths of a very partial second generation occur in August and September.


Observed on

Host plant (genera):
Quercus and Betula
Substrates:
Deciduous trees

The larva feeds mainly on Quercus, Betula, but also on other deciduous trees.

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Habitat

It inhabits deciduous mixed forests and generally habitats rich in deciduous woods up to the villages and towns.

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